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Scoring 0 on PIP assessment

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Although I presented myself in the usual fashion, no eye contact, earphones in, twitchy fingers, I still managed to score 0 in all categories.

Reading the report along with the decision, which came today in the post, was like reading a fairytale.

Ok, I can walk, I drive, I work, albeit part time, but anything to do with socializing, managing activities I'm unfamiliar with, new situations, unplanned events etc and I'm in pieces.

I'm not looking to freeload, I'm not looking to harm anyone, indeed all I want is a life to live that doesn't involve unnecessary complications with people.

The money most certainly wasn't the main point, although, I can't lie, it would help towards the cost of family living, all be it, the basics and most certainly not the luxuries, but it would have funded my private diagnosis.

The report was, if nothing else, an exaggeration, heavily tipped away from my favour. I had no intentions of misleading them, I'm very principled when it comes to honesty but reading it made me sound 'ordinary' 'average' 'neurotipical' to which I'm certainly not!

I read on this forum about how to challenge their decision making and with that I sent a letter this very afternoon!

I'd like to thank whoever it was that posted the link and details. Maybe I'm unrealistically stubborn, tell me something I don't know, but I don't back down from something I feel is unjust. More fool me as I tend to pick the losing side and might well run out of energy to fight before the first month of the year is even up, (that's January 2019, just to add context)

From reading past posts I don't think I'm alone on this. Has anyone else had any similar issues with PIP/Benefits? If so, did you get a positive resolution to it?

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  • They seem to be bouncing everyone with a hidden disability right now. Nasty policy. You may have to go to appeal and maybe even to tribunal.

    They usually fake the dates on their letters so your 28 days is probably almost up (they like to date things 3-weeks previous to give you only a couple of days to prepare your appeal and provide extra evidence.so you don't have the time to get another report).

    If you speak to them, make sure you make a record of the call as they will deny talking to you - and they will NEVER ring you back.

    The interviewers seem to be being directed to lie on their reports to reject you.

    I spoke to the local post office and they say they've never had to send so many special delivery to the DWP - it just shows how many people they are abusing.

    Do not trust a thing they say.

    To get to tribunal make take up to 18 months!

    BTW - I scored zero - with Aspergers, terrible uclerative colitis (like super-Crohns), Meningitis, long and short-term memory problems, crazy hypertension, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and chronic pain, depression, osteoporosis, terrible medication side-effects and co-ordination problems.

    I'm obviously 'good to go'. Slight smile

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  • They seem to be bouncing everyone with a hidden disability right now. Nasty policy. You may have to go to appeal and maybe even to tribunal.

    They usually fake the dates on their letters so your 28 days is probably almost up (they like to date things 3-weeks previous to give you only a couple of days to prepare your appeal and provide extra evidence.so you don't have the time to get another report).

    If you speak to them, make sure you make a record of the call as they will deny talking to you - and they will NEVER ring you back.

    The interviewers seem to be being directed to lie on their reports to reject you.

    I spoke to the local post office and they say they've never had to send so many special delivery to the DWP - it just shows how many people they are abusing.

    Do not trust a thing they say.

    To get to tribunal make take up to 18 months!

    BTW - I scored zero - with Aspergers, terrible uclerative colitis (like super-Crohns), Meningitis, long and short-term memory problems, crazy hypertension, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and chronic pain, depression, osteoporosis, terrible medication side-effects and co-ordination problems.

    I'm obviously 'good to go'. Slight smile

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