hi all, so after scoring 0 accross the board for pip after the assessor lied in her report i have written a lengthy letter pointing out their mistakes and backed them up with 2 letters, 1 from a specialist and 1 from my GP as well as photographic evidence of prescriptions and bathroom set up ect so there can no further errors (hopefully), i sent it all in by recorded delivery which when i phoned them on the 11/1/16 was told they received it on the 7/1/16 and it was waiting to be looked at.. Does anyone know roughly how long the mandatory reconsideration takes, the chap on the phone said up to 10 weeks but they always seem to over estimate. Has anyone else had experience of this?.
Hi gill50535,I'm almost T the tribunal stage,not sure we're you live but I had access to disability help centre so have a wonderful man helping me.my assesment was on 01/10/15, by the 9/10/15 I had decicion bk giving me only standard care and no mobility,yet for the past 19 yrs I've been registered disabled after numerous operTions and being diagnoised with fybromyalgia .
i to had the most awful woman who lied,was more bothered about telling me what her family was up to,did listen to me and infact but words in the decision that I didn't say.i had the mandotary decision bk by end November.now waiting till end Feb to go to tribunal.PM me if I can be of any help .good luck
Hi pollmadoll, i'm glad you got yours sorted, can remember how long your mandatory consideration took and did they ring you with their decision or did they write to you?.
Mine was in writing and I was a bit pee'd off because the letter was an exact replica of my original decision. I sent off the papers to appeal and I got a phone call that time.
However, I think they do usually call from what I've heard/read in other peoples situations x
Hi milly, They really do make stuff up don't they. my assessor out right lied on mine which fortunately i have been able to get a doctors letter to prove she lied, when you got your mandatory reconsideration did they ring you with their decision or did they write to you?.
can you remember how long the reconsideration took to come through?.
Hi Gill,from face to face to them sending mantorry all done in about 5 weeks.they even said at end of it that they wanted it dropped but I'm not a push over...had some really low days....
live lost my mobility car,and I'm now stuck at home,it's called personal independance payment!!! They rob us of our independance.our dignity,embarras us,and dam right humiliate us to,mine laughed at me when I couldn't remember the three items.and got muddled up counting.she said how long I could walk.....at no point did I say any time to her.she did tho comment on the fact I had well manicured nails!! What the hell has my nails to do with my mobility and health,shows I don't do much work I suppose.x
Oh milly i know what you mean, mine said i was very chatty,so what????, 1, i'm chatty anyway, 2,when i'm nervous i talk more from anxiety, which she also said i showed no signs of and wasn't on any medication for... LIES!!!!! in my reconsideration iv'e asked them what anxiety looks like?.. i doubt they will answer that.. it's just so rude to make things up about someone they don't know to make sure they don't get the points they need..
It's disgusting isn't it. The assessor I had said I didn't look depressed. Not only did I break down a couple of times, but I have suffered with depression for nearly 20 years! I don't necessarily feel I should need to blubber through my days. I have learned to put on a brave face over the years.
She also said I was well groomed and again, didn't appear depressed - I might be ill but I don't have to look/dress like a tramp - she didn't mention though that my daughter had to help me shower and get ready that morning and that I got upset explaining this because it devastates me that I have to ask for help.
I will have my ESA assessment soon I'm sure, Maybe I should turn up in my dressing gown with loads of snotty tissues trailing me from my despair. What do these people think mental illness looks like???
Oh i wouldn't walk from the waiting room to the assesser room, they will judge that as being fit for work.. have some one carry you in.. hahahahaha... (sarcasm) i know it's a disgrace..could you tell someone had cancer just from looking at them, the whole thing is designed for you to fail.. makes me sick..
I heard they do this sort of thing on purpose so that the fakers give up their claim if it goes past the original decision. They don't care about the anxiety they cause genuine claimants by lying and under stating peoples abilities. The system is clearly a shambles.
My ESA claim is moving fast. I received the ESA50 form before my award letter lol. Last time I needed to claim ESA I was on it for nearly 8 months before receiving the ESA50 xx
I totally agree. they do it weed out the fakers but yes, the anxiety it causes it horrid.. iv'e suffered in varying degrees for 20 years but it got the best of me in 2010 and i had a brakedown. iv'e been on ESA ever since, but i had to appeal that too. i won then and i'll win now. the reason being i'm not faking it.. i was also diagnosed with fibro in december last year so not only do i have to cope with the anxiety restrictions but also now the pain and horrid extra physical restrictions. so i'll be damned if the DWP liars are going to win this time..
it is a sham of a corporation. Full of corrupt people.
phew, rant over..
i hope your esa claim is sorted soon and they leave you alone for a while.
Thanks Gill. My diagnosis of Fibro has now been changed to Hypermobility Syndrome since seeing the Rheumy (although they are very similar) I went for some specialist physio today and will be seeing the spinal & muscoskeletal treatment team in a few weeks so I'm hoping to get some sort of mobility and life back soon.
I'm hoping to be back at work as soon as possible. Been off since June last year after being back 4 months after another period of sickness but work have been great. Hoping to be back before they have to let me go. But yes, hope after the ESA is sorted they leave me alone so I can concentrate on trying to get better.