Transfering from no end date DLA to PIP?

I am just waiting for the results of my PiP interview.

I included a copy of the report from my consultant - confirming a couple of diagnoses and explaining how they affect me.

For my GP and other specialists I see, I simply included their names and addresses.

If you already have a report or letter, and it includes RELEVANT support for your claim then I would send a copy (never the original...just in case it gets lost!)....you are limited for time with the application, so I would probably not start asking for letters et.c unless they will contain compelling evidentiary support.

I may be wrong, but my understanding is that having had an indefinite award for DLA is unlikely to have any particular relevance for a PiPs application.

It might be worth bearing in mind that your friend can ask for a home visit if a face-to-face is deemed necessary. You may need to phone to request this...and you may need to be firm in stating the necessity - but they DO offer this.

lea_lea,
the first thing I want to say is try not to take too much notice of the things you have seen in the press. It is my understanding that most applicants with genuine need are successfully assessed and get the appropriate level of award. The press is bound to only report on those cases where problems have arisen, giving us all a wrong impression.
So, don't panic or waste energy on worrying.

The best thing to do is prepare the paperwork for the person you care for with as much care as possible.

Take a look at https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/pip/help-with-your-pip-claim/fill-in-form/ which seems to be a good guide to filling in the paperwork.
I would suggest getting as much evidence as possible to send with the application form, rather than just sending contact details for the medical professionals. From what I can gather reading the threads on here, the assessors don't bother contacting them anyway. If you have sent evidence/reports/letters from the GP/specialist/occupational therapist or anyone else who has dealt with the patient, then they can't ignore it. I know that will take time and effort, but if it saves the need to ask for a review or make an appeal for a wrong decision, it has to be worth it, surely?

It seems that the indefinite award status of DLA has no bearing on the PIP application at all. The whole point of introducing PIP was to wipe the slate clean, and try to ensure that all claimants were genuine claimants, as DLA had started to get a reputation for payment to malingerers and fraudsters. Hence, the PIP assessment uses different criteria for deciding the award, and begins from scratch with each claimant.
I really do believe that if you read and follow the guidance, fill in the paperwork correctly and with as much detail as you can, provide as much documentary evidence with the forms as you can possibly gather, then the person you care for will get the award they deserve.
They might not get asked for a face-to-face interview, but if they do, don't panic about that. They simply need to re-iterate what was written on the forms in answer to the questions the assessor asks. Remember to keep a copy of the paperwork sent in the application so you/your caree can read through it again before the assessment interview (if that happens).

I hope that helps.
Good luck

easy wrote: »

It is my understanding that most applicants with genuine need are successfully assessed and get the appropriate level of award.

I would disagree with you there. So many people that were on DLA before whether it was indefinite or not and even those who weren't on it have been refused PIP. Being geniune doesn't mean you'll be awarded anything. There's a lot of geniune people out there who have lost everything, mobility cars included.

I have secondary progressive MS and am now parallelized from the waist down I am dreading receiving the transfer forms, but I have a good consultant who is, if available happy to write letters for me.

I am under no illusions when transferring from high rate, both parts DLA, indefinate. But I always enter these things knowing that planning is everything and getting as much advice as possible before hand should, hopefully bear the hoped for fruit.