Today 28/7/14 I got a letter from the DWP, their brown envelopes always have me breaking out in a sweat, first there was the terror as it was only 5 days from the date on the letter to it been written, I thought straight away it was a not entitled to any PIP so put the letter down for a while, as it said "and the end of your disability Living Allowance"
Half an hour later I picked it up again and scanned the first page for any figures and to my surprise I found a set of figures £81.30 from the end of August and £56.75 for the mobility, this is to follow on from my award of 2 years of middle care and low mobility. Before that I had full mobility and middle care.
There was a couple of moment at the assessment were I nearly lost it and hit the HCP the first was at the start when she said all the info I had sent was old top which I said but it's still all fucking relevant. then at the end when she asked me to give my stick to my son I said no fucking way. At either time they could have stopped the assessment but carried on.
For someone who was a wreck just going there getting 0ver £550 every four weeks for 10 years is a big result as by the time it's due to be renewed I would expect to be receiving nearer £700 every 4 weeks, unless that cunt Cameron gets in again on the promise of his referendum in 2017. At some point they have to go back to increases in line with inflation otherwise people looking for work are going to be in real shit.
Although I cannot drive it means I could get a blue Badge and Bus pass without having to go to the GP and ask them to write a letter to get one due to epilepsy.
The place I went to was one more used to dealing with declaring people unfit for employment rather than one to declare people fit for work, at first they had wanted me to do a 2.5 hours journey (APPROX) about 1 hours to the station 49 minutes by train then 0.2 miles to their interrogation unit, a definite fail even with my son and daughter in tow, I would have been out of breathe before getting to the station and ATOS wouldn't pay £160 for 3 tickets anyway, I doubt they would have paid for 2.
I eventually got through the 10 pages they sent which added up to 19 points on care and 12 points on mobility.
Less than 2 hours after getting back from the assessment I sent in a SAR (Subject Access Request) for the following list
PIP Review Filenote – PA1
PIP Consultation report form – PA4
PIP Payment Decision letter
Statement of Entitlement letter
DPA – computer printouts of everything on their system to do with your claim.
Since I sent the request by email I have had a reply, about a week later, by letter, saying they are dealing with my request. If anything like my first successful ESA claim in 2010 they are due to fuck up beyond all recognition (FUBAR).
Of that lot in the SAR I have only received the payment decision letter, but another one won't go amiss. Swamping them with SAR's is a useful thing to do even when you ask for stuff minus things you have like the info you sent them they send it anyway.
My main condition, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, the nurse had no idea what it was I could have told her it was so severe I may not have long to live, but didn't I couldn't remember much about it myself , including the name, I always refer to it as HHT, well that what the specialist does and he's a professor. after I entered the room I was asked for ID the only thing my daughter could find was an out of date bus pass from the last time I had full DLA, she accepted that, but after handing it back she said all my info I had sent was out of date straight away I replied "but it's still fucking relevant." She seemed shocked but carried on, the questions went on some I answered, other answered by my son or daughter, then it came to doing some tests I raised one hand above my head but not the other I kept hold the walking stick, I bent down just below my knees then she asked me to give the stick to my son I flat out refused, she ended it there.
Half an hour later I picked it up again and scanned the first page for any figures and to my surprise I found a set of figures £81.30 from the end of August and £56.75 for the mobility, this is to follow on from my award of 2 years of middle care and low mobility. Before that I had full mobility and middle care.
There was a couple of moment at the assessment were I nearly lost it and hit the HCP the first was at the start when she said all the info I had sent was old top which I said but it's still all fucking relevant. then at the end when she asked me to give my stick to my son I said no fucking way. At either time they could have stopped the assessment but carried on.
For someone who was a wreck just going there getting 0ver £550 every four weeks for 10 years is a big result as by the time it's due to be renewed I would expect to be receiving nearer £700 every 4 weeks, unless that cunt Cameron gets in again on the promise of his referendum in 2017. At some point they have to go back to increases in line with inflation otherwise people looking for work are going to be in real shit.
Although I cannot drive it means I could get a blue Badge and Bus pass without having to go to the GP and ask them to write a letter to get one due to epilepsy.
The place I went to was one more used to dealing with declaring people unfit for employment rather than one to declare people fit for work, at first they had wanted me to do a 2.5 hours journey (APPROX) about 1 hours to the station 49 minutes by train then 0.2 miles to their interrogation unit, a definite fail even with my son and daughter in tow, I would have been out of breathe before getting to the station and ATOS wouldn't pay £160 for 3 tickets anyway, I doubt they would have paid for 2.
I eventually got through the 10 pages they sent which added up to 19 points on care and 12 points on mobility.
Less than 2 hours after getting back from the assessment I sent in a SAR (Subject Access Request) for the following list
PIP2
Questionnaire
PIP Consultation report form – PA4
PIP Payment Decision letter
Statement of Entitlement letter
DPA – computer printouts of everything on their system to do with your claim.
Since I sent the request by email I have had a reply, about a week later, by letter, saying they are dealing with my request. If anything like my first successful ESA claim in 2010 they are due to fuck up beyond all recognition (FUBAR).
Of that lot in the SAR I have only received the payment decision letter, but another one won't go amiss. Swamping them with SAR's is a useful thing to do even when you ask for stuff minus things you have like the info you sent them they send it anyway.
My main condition, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, the nurse had no idea what it was I could have told her it was so severe I may not have long to live, but didn't I couldn't remember much about it myself , including the name, I always refer to it as HHT, well that what the specialist does and he's a professor. after I entered the room I was asked for ID the only thing my daughter could find was an out of date bus pass from the last time I had full DLA, she accepted that, but after handing it back she said all my info I had sent was out of date straight away I replied "but it's still fucking relevant." She seemed shocked but carried on, the questions went on some I answered, other answered by my son or daughter, then it came to doing some tests I raised one hand above my head but not the other I kept hold the walking stick, I bent down just below my knees then she asked me to give the stick to my son I flat out refused, she ended it there.
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