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Originally Posted by Taf
The lad hasn't seen a GP for his disabilities ever, and no specialist has seen him since he entered "Adult Service" (budget cuts). The last time he saw a GP was over a year ago for a minor ailment. Plus our GP has changed so often in the past few years that there is no continuity of "personal Knowledge" at all.
Still waiting on the DWP phone to answer.
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The PIP letter has a write up (by a male despite his being interviewed by a very young woman) that reads like it was written by a 10 year old.
The report says they cannot consider his problems with shopping, shaving or walking on uneven surfaces and slopes. And because he moved 10 paces from the waiting area to the interview room he is considered fully mobile!
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Read this and feel so angry I feel compelled to reply, I cannot think of a word how you must be feeling.
When I won my last DLA tribunal case, I had a similar reasoning given by the assessor, because I managed to get from my front door to my living room, I was assumed able to walk 200m (safely and without pain). I drawn out a map of my flat, put a scale of distances next to it which I got by measuring the length of my flat and so forth, took a photo of my front door as the assessor claimed was 3 steps (is one step). I had discredited the assessor completely and with my medical evidence supplied at the hearing they said was a no brainer and was angry at the DWP for wasting time and money by refusing my claim. Sadly these tribunals cannot do things like fine the DWP which would discourage them from this practice, all they can do is award to the claimant what they entitled to. There will always be people who wont bother appealing and of course not all appeals are won so the DWP will keep treating people like this as it saves them money. The wasted money on the civil tribunal service is out of another budget so they dont care about that.