Claiming PIP

Well done! Woogy,Woofy woody woo! Lol!

Now how many of those posts mention IDS? DWP? & Daddy Pig Mr Cameron?
I wish someone had of recorded said daddy pig at his face to face lmao!

The system is getting more twisted! Contact our Advocavy people, they will be pleased to help you

I have contacted Maddy at the advocacy services.
She said that unfortunately this is all to common.
I asked a lawyer friend how to change these flawed decisions and processes and they agreed with me that they wouldn’t stand up in a court of law.
What we need to do to change is a ‘class action’ enough of us to get together and stand up citing our poor treatment and how the system is flawed to request a Judicial Review!

I’m just so down ‘ fed up.
I will be house bound, I won’t be able to afford to run my car nevermind get my wheelchair in it.
M ; (

A wheelchair is seen as an appliance to mobility that you can use your own arms to propel (or a motor) so you lose.. this in turn with ‘can you lift and move a 1.5ltr of liquid’ and ‘can you use a telephone keypad’ has just put you behind a till in Tesco.

People with weakened muscles that suffer burnout from over exertion are a danger to themselves and others if they fall whilst forcing themselves past their natural mobility limits, it’s so easy for us to forget how weak we actually are seeing as we’ve become used to it over many years.

ShellyBear – my jaw has cracked the floor. If they did not tell you that a change in your award could be backdated, then they have misdirected [and misadviced] you and that is a big no-no, they are in the wrong. They made it clear that what ever the reassessment was it would take effect from the beginning of the DLA. However, as a benefit processor I can see why they would treat the PIP as a DLA reassessment and backdate it, but they should have told you that that could happen. Yes they are two benefits but really they are one and the same, hence why information gives to one has potential to affect the other. It is all to do with the switch over.

Overpayments are supposed to write explaining how much is owed and what steps have been taken to recover it. But I am hardly surprised you have not received anything, they always were in chaos and no doubt the volume of work has mega-truppled and things like keeping people informed has been ignored, forgotten and just plain not bothered with.

Keep a detailed time line of what you were paid and when, which rates were paid. If you need some help we can fix a time for a web chat if you like.

Keep another detailed time line of what information you receive and when and you should receive letters detailing the new award, the dates from which they take place and amounts paid.

Get back in touch with Advocacy, pronto. This needs pouncing upon because you have been misinformed, as well as wrongly assessed.

It is disgusting that genuine people are being put through this horror.

Appalling lack of communication – a complaint should be made to DWP. Sadly, I am not surprised either

Thank you All!

I agree this is totally unfair but what can be done? It seems that it’s one rule for them but another for everything and everyone else!
It’s like trying to walk when one can’t through thick black sticky crud!

Wow! The case manager called me back this afternoon.
She helped cheat up the ‘is a wheelchair classed as an aid question?’ It isn’t .

She again tried to start off my mandatory reconsideration which I declined as I ‘m not ready yet!
But she was a little confused at first as to which letter & therefore date counted as my start date for reconsideration as I had been sent two almost indebtucal letters two weeks apart detailing my award . Neither of which explained what was to happen to the remainder of my DLA.
At least that’s all cleared up now, it was as clear as mud and she had to read the letters a couple of times to understand what was going on.

The wheelchair/aid conundrum has been going around my mind because, some use their mobility component to pay for their wheelchair/insurance/maintenance costs, take away the mobility component and they become more disabled, which is counter intuitive to the purpose of the benefit. But that if me stoopidly applying logic to IDS philosophy.

Glad you have had someone call you back, keep notes with dates and times I still say you were misadvised by the others about how your assessment would be handled, plus you have been incorrectly accessed.

Small step forward, let’s hope it becomes a trend.