PIP Assessment.

TRAVELMAN_2

Yes

Also....the MIND website I think has a free advice line?

Derwent

chilledguy11 wrote: »

Hi everyone. I'm new to this so could anyone help me out. I have recently claimed PIP and has my assessment with ATOS. I received a telephone call last Friday to inform me that my claim has been successful with the results of enhanced care and NO MOBILITY. I was kind of shocked since the woman at my assessment assured me that I should at least get standard. I have no physical problems but suffer from various mental health issues. Most days I need someone around to push me to face the day. I have some good days but they are very few and far between. After being in a 5 car pile up in Austria on a coach I have developed severe anxiety and depression. Most days if i hear a car door slam I jump. I feel like crying most of the day. When out in public alone I can burst into tears, panic - it feels like a mania feeling. I get confused while out, making much longer to get somewhere. I honestly feel trapped in my body. I am under a mental health team which are nearly at a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. This really helps because I know once something has been diagnosed I can get onto the right medication and start to take back my life. I'm not a scrounger I have worked since I was 16. I'm not 28, sometimes 2 jobs per day. I feel like I should appeal and try and get at least standard mobility. I wish I could just hop on a bus but I can't. Does anyone think I should appeal or has anyone got any stories?.

Thanks guys,

chilledguy11.

How did you travel to your assessment ?


Were you accompanied ?


These are things which ATOS take into account as informal observations.


This is why they ask you chatty questions like "How was the traffic today ? Did you drive here ?" or "Did you manage to find the assessment centre ok ?" or "Do you know this area well at all ?"

rogerblack

Yes

TRAVELMAN wrote: »

Hi Op....google 'fightback4justice'...they offer free advice on PIP appeals & even have a 'buddy' service for someone to come with you. Tribunal is the last stage.

Then ask the tribunal for leave to appeal or setaside.
Then appeal to the upper tribunal.
Then the supreme court.
Then possibly europe if the ECHR is engaged.
Then an armed revolution against the state.

TRAVELMAN_2

Yes

Rogerblack.....how is that of use to the OP who has freely admitted mental health issues? What an earth have you posted?