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Pip appeal first stage appeal court Monday 17th of September 2018

Lindak439 · 2018-09-15 11:48:00

I'm at the first tier appeal court this Monday. I had been on DLA since 1991. I was told that I would have to claim esa even though my partner had claimed income support for all those years for both of us he was also getting carers allowance. When I went to the pip assessment I failed so went for the mandatory decision…

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poppy12345 Posts: 18,885 Forumite

23 September 2018 at 8:41AM

Unfortunately that was the decision by the Tribunal. It was a paper based decision, if they had appeared in person they may have got a longer award. It's always better to appear in person, so the Tribunal can see for theirselves exactly how your conditions affect you.

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