Hi everyone, i hope you're all doing ok (as ok as you can be). i'll say sorry now as this may get lengthy and shouty, but i had my pip descision yesterday which basically scored me 0 points not 1 point was given, as you can imagine i was pretty shocked to say the least as in the form itself they use a dosette box as an example of an aid (which i use as i forget meds) but i still didn't get 1 point...NOT 1!!!!... i didn't read anymore of the letter as i was too annoyed. Any how this evening i have read the rest and the reasons why they came to their descision... WELL!!! what can i say, what a load of utter rubbish,lies and down right bull crap.. according to my assessor i have full range of movement,can bath myself fully without any aid (i use a chair in the shower and can't use the bath at all). i can take meds without help ect.. and get this i'm not on any medication for my anxiety which is basically an out right lie.(which of course i can prove).. this is just a few of the statements the assessor has made faulsely.. i am so mad right now i have brought on symptoms but i have to get this out somewhere or i think my head might explode.. HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT!!!... how are they allowed to lie like this.. i mean the 2 biggest points the assessor lied about i can prove otherwise in writing so i don't understand why they would even try it.. even though some of what was said in their report i can't prove it's my word against theirs but proving 2 major points are lies should at least give reasonable doubt over the rest of it (i hope).. i am ringing in the morning to ask for a mandatory reconsideration and ask them to send me all the paperwork that was used to make their descision and to ask them to not take anymore action on my claim till i have had chance to go through everthing and i will put my request in writing to include all corrections and proof's that the assessor has grossly misreprisented my condition and ability.
I get it completely. U are not alone. I had to take a decision to a tribunal. I learnt that there are 2 tiers of tribunals .
The lower and higher tier.
Don't be a shy to call MP's. That really gets things moving. Sometimes even just talking to MS secretaries is enough to light a fire beneath these people's backsides.
With the stress of it all I know what it's like.
In my rock bottom moments of my life I try to believe in this universe and have Faith that in will be ok whatever happens.
thanks zoe, i have thought about the mp route for the future, i will do what ever it takes.. i hate being treat like a nothing, being pushed aside, i might be ill & in pain 24/7 but i'm not daft and i will not tollerate people lying to try and ruin my chances of getting something that i'm bloody entitled too..so bring it on i say, i will drag them through every route available to me till i get what i know i am within my rights to have so let's get this party started .. thank you for the gentle hug, sending you one back too. xx
hi creola, 5 years is a very long time, did you get what you wanted in the end?..
i'm just at the beginning of this, i hope i don't have to fight for 5 years, iv'e been fighting for a diagnosis for over 2 years, now i finally have it i now have to fight the DWP.. i'm fed up of fighting i just want to get on with it..
I had the same done to me but mine was ESA. Phone them Wright to them and get every detail you have of proof of all your illnesses. I cried when I got my letter and was giving up. Then like you I read the letter again and again and I got MAD don't give up the fight. This is what they want and then they have won. Go and win as I know you will. I won mine. Try and get your local MP involved. Good luck and a merry cams to you x
I'm mad as hell for you . . what a disgrace. Even WHEN you prove that the assessor lied, I bet there will be no sanctions or repercussions for ths dishonest behaviour.
What a shameful way to make a living...
I have my PIP application in the pipeline and am already very anxious about it. I intend to request a taped recording of my assessment as I did with my ESA, that way I hope that what I actually say and what the assessor rights in the report match up.
I wish you all the best with your reconsideration - Fight for what is your right - you sound like a strong person.
i have rang them this morning and informed them i will be asking for a reconsideration in writing and they are sending me the assessors report ect so will take it from there.
hi ela, definitely record it, i wish i had.. but at least i can prove she lied with paper evidence so i'm quite confidant but they are slippery suckers and twist everything you say play down your condition, i guess if you go in expecting them to stab you in the back you will be more guarded.
My assessor even stated that i was very chatty. (erm yeah i was anxious) it was nervous chatter. but she played it like i can't have anxiety if i'm happy to talk.. but anyway good luck with yours.
Hi gill50535 What has happened to you is disgusting. My heart goes out to you some of these assessor are heartless and just dont give a dam. I had my reassessment on thursday she was a right cow. She did everything to trip me up in my answears. My anxiety stress were through the roof I ended up in floods of tears. Im sick of how we are treated by people. call our nation a caring nation umm thats questionable. I would get your mp involved I would fight this all the way. I would even put the story in my local paper. I would cause such a stink they wouldnt know what had hit them the lieing b Im so angry over the lies that were told and the tratment of you. take care Happy and pain free christmas to you xx
hi kaz, thank you.. i am so mad about this i will be doing everything i can to make them suffer.. it is disgusting how they treat people.. she said because i was VERY CHATTY i didn't have anxiety... i'm a chatty person anyway and worse when i'm nervous. but she used it against me as well as saying i wasn't on any medication for anxiety when i am and saying i don't use any aids for my meds which i do, saying i can bath and shower without help which is a lie,as i can't use the bath at all and i use a chair in the shower.. she said i had full power in my libs which i have in writting that i have significant reduced power... it just goes on and on. the whole report she wrote is fiction.. but i will prove her wrong and hopefully get what i'm entitled to from the reconsideration, but if i don't then appeal here i come..