PIP appeal won

As5567 · 19. May 2015, 11:09

I attended my PIP Tribunal hearing today and they have decided to award me enhanced care and mobility. I am more than happy with the outcome and would encourage anyone to appeal their decision all the way to a tribunal if you think they have not made the right decision.

I felt that my case was rather straight forward and I just stuck to the points I have been making since my application. The DWP clearly did not even look at my first appeal in much detail as the representative from DWP today barley said a single word, its as if she knew they were wrong and just sat mostly silent. The doctor who attended was fairly clueless when it came to AS but he did ask some good questions which went in my favour.

The hearing lasted about 25 minutes, I was then asked to sit outside and wait for the panel to make a decision which only took about 5 minutes. They then told me what had been decided and that was the end of the matter. They have also recommended that the DWP review my case in 5 years time. Apparently this is just a recommendation which does not need to be followed and it will be up to the person processing my appeal to implement that or not. I will also be getting a back payment which is something I didn't expect to get.

I'm glad the whole PIP nightmare is now over and they can leave me be for the next 3-5 years.