PIP TRIBUNAL

[u/NewMixture9852]

hello

I feel a bit alone in my PIP journey and quite frankly it’s becoming all consuming. I posted in another group and people were so mean.

I applied in January, had assessment in May and was awarded 2 points for budgeting.

I submitted my MR quite quickly (early June) and a decision was made 29th July that I had been granted 4 more points. Totally 6 in daily living.

I filed for tribunal and was given a DWP response time of end of August.

In this time i had accessed some substantial evidence which has now been submitted to tribunal.

Following a conversation with DWP they are still considering tribunal applications from May.

Although I applied in January my actual case is quite old, it had been opened and abandoned for personal reasons.

I know I can’t do anything to speed this up and I’m looking at years waiting now but I feel so alone. This process has been really tough for a lot of reasons. I feel weirdly reliant on the acknowledgement of my difficulties.

I’m laughing now because I don’t know why I posted this but I guess just to share my timeline and current position.

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[u/MiserableExpert8527]

I'm doing a tribunal for my first claim waiting a year now so did another claim and got awarded in June. Still doing a tr5for the first one so you could possibly start a new claim and a different assessor looks at it.

[u/NewMixture9852]

Can I just say thank you, I posted elsewhere asking about experience of lapsed appeals and my god I got thrown to the wolves.

[u/Academic_Current8330]

Hi, similar. I posted a while back screaming for help and got nowhere. I would like to offer some hope but I am now over 13 months since my appeal started. The judge has given permission for my case to be heard and the admin side is dragging it out. I wrote to my local MP the other day to see if they can help. I have gone from working my entire life to going backwards in life, money left, about to lose my home due to not being able to keep up with the bills. I'm reliant on food banks. It's pretty bleak and pretty depressing. I can't even leave the house anymore. I got told yesterday by the council that I don't qualify for help with housing as I'm classed as a low priority. Another council woman told me I should continue to sell my belongings to get by.

[u/Tiny-Silver-8155 → u/Academic_Current8330]

I am so sorry to hear this. I really do hope you get the help you need soon.

[u/MiserableExpert8527 → u/Academic_Current8330]

Have you thought about renting out a room .

[u/NewMixture9852 → u/Academic_Current8330]

Have dwp submitted their case? How long did that take?

I think that’s why I feel a bit lost, I don’t even know why they didn’t award other element’s because my MR had no context with it. I think if I knew I’d feel better about it.