Thank you. x
Same here!
I had someone from Ageuk help me to fill out the forms and she told me what letters to send as extra information with my form. It wasn’t as scary as I thought it was going to be and I didn’t have to have a face to face assessment.
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Does anyone have an idea know how long it takes for them to make their decision? It almost feels like waiting for a death sentence to be passed, I’m dreading it, as I am almost 100% sure they will take my car away, as occasionally I am still capable of walking a couple of hundred metres.
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Yes me too but she was from DWP. I didnt have to do a thing lol. I actually got more on PIP then DLA.
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good luck hope you hear soon, just think of your back pay lol…x
My assessment was on 8th July and I’m still waiting for the result
Thank you. I did received a letter from them last week saying they have all the information needed to make a decision, but not heard anything else. If they’re gonna take away my car, I need to know so I can borrow some money from my parents so we can buy a replacement. We live in a little village, the buses are less than 1 an hour, I have great issues going out as it is, get panic attacks when around strangers, can’t stand for very long, can’t sit for very long, and all this worry is making my symptoms so much worse
My award arrived today, enhanced for both mobility and care reviewed in 2029
good luck with yours x
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Happy for you, you must be relieved now you have your decision, I hate all the waiting around, I think it’s the worst bit. Your MS is more advanced than mine, so at the most I am only expecting standard on both, due to being able to walk short distances on good days, and being able to do light house duties such as dusting, but if the time scale is similar I should get mine within the next 10 days or so x
I am still waiting to hear I just want to have some reassurance that it’s ok, or heaven help me not!
Dreading the A5 brown envelope from DWP and I still haven’t heard from the driving licence people. It’s been a hellish wait, I actually think it’s cruel.
If life doesn’t suck enough. Keep safe folks, M xx
Hope its good news.I am posting my PIP forms today and i refuse to worry over them.What will be will be.I am on high rate for both on my DLA but i suspect i will get lower on PIP.
Arrived this morning, both DWP and my driving licence!! 2029 for the DWP and 2022 for my licence!
Hip, hip, hooray!!
Take care folks and be safe
Great news.I sent my forms back monday morning it cost me just over £8 recorderd delivery!! so my wait begins.
Well, I’m still waiting for that brown envelope to plop through the letterbox with their decision. On DLA I was on middle care, high mobility. Need to know what the score is. My daughter goes back to uni in a month so need to know if I will still have a car to use or if I will need to either hire one out or have time to hunt around for a cheap but reliable car to buy. This wait isn’t just affecting me but my youngest as well!
So, my brown envelope arrived today. Standard rate for both, to be reviewed in 2022. I lose the car 3 days before I take my daughter back to uni. Couldn’t come at a worse time! I’m not surprised at the outcome, I got 10 points for each component. x
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Happy for you. I got demoted lol. Standard for both to be reviewed in 2022 x
sorry to hear you got demoted are you asking for a mandatory reconsideration i would.
No, I shall just leave it as it is for now. I was completely open and honest with them, but because I don’t have any paperwork/proof from a specialist to prove I am a nervous wreck and can’t go out to meet strangers or go to new places unless accompanied by someone close to me other than that my husband attended the assessment with me, they didn’t award me any points for that side of it, just for the distance I can walk. I rarely go out as it is, hell I was bedridden for 10 weeks from March till mid May with a combination of putting my back out/ vertigo and then a cluster migraine, but because I didn’t make a fuss and make any Drs appointments etc I couldn’t even prove that. The stress of the whole process of filling in the forms and attending the assessment made me lose over a stone in weight. It was bad enough with just 1 assessor, if I asked for a reconsideration, I would have to attend another with several people in the room. No thanks, I’ll just have to get by on what they have decided I’m worth. Tbh I don’t know if I can even bring myself to apply again in 3 years time the way I’m feeling right now x