Published on 12, July, 2020
I was told I had a 10% or so chance in having my Mandatory Reconsideration accepted but it did indeed get approved. But I contacted the boss of my social worker and she said that that 2 of her users have to pay back there PIP back (Gradually, every week or so). She is appealing it but I have no hope in it being successful, she said i'm not under there raider at this point but I can see it coming and i'm screwed.
I don't fully understand it but she said they are putting it through.
I really relied on my benefits for bills and personal spending, without out I have nothing. I cant even spend it on clothes, nothing. I really been contemplating on it and just giving up and saying F it, just end it and save myself the hassle. I'm nothing anyway. I cant event say screw the benefits and just work, I can not even work, I have really bad anxiety and hardly step out of the door. I have tried a few times but failed.
Really at loss
Hi Lost0ne87, You might want to call the NAS Helpline which can offer advice on benefits issues, including PIP, and can be found here - https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main/contact.aspx. The charity Scope which SlipStream mentioned also has advice on PIP including how to appeal against a PIP decision (towards the bottom of this page) - https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/personal-independence-payment-pip/, and Citizens Advice might also be helpful, this is a link to their page on benefits - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/ Hopefully one of these will be helpful to you, Ross - mod