Atos Medicals - Questions, Answers and Support
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equationgirl
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paging Greebo ViolentPanda (if they're about)
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
The P.I.P. claim form is a bag of shite. The questions it asks about your disability are so generalised that you're entirely dependent on the quality of the professional medical evidence you submit, and whether you're canny enough to send in any personal supporting material dealing with the minutiae of your condition. Basically, the claim form sets applicants up for these phone interviews where the "decision maker" is working from a script that asks leading questions designed to elicit particular answers. Unless you're prepped up by having studied "Benefits & Work"'s PIP claim guide or similar, then your answers will almost always fall short - This is one of those situations where I'm grateful for being partially deaf - they can't compel me to do phone appeals, but I (as a deaf person) can compel them to grant me written appeals because for them not to do so is straightforward disability discrimination.
Also, people get gipped because they hear "oh, telephone appeals are quicker", but they're not really. They don't make the progress of a claim from start to finish any faster for anyone who disputes the "judgement" from a phone appeal. They're a convenience and a filtering tool for the arschlocher running the PIP scam.
Also, people get gipped because they hear "oh, telephone appeals are quicker", but they're not really. They don't make the progress of a claim from start to finish any faster for anyone who disputes the "judgement" from a phone appeal. They're a convenience and a filtering tool for the arschlocher running the PIP scam.
equationgirl
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Yes, it's really not you, it's them. The game is stacked against you from the start.
Do you have the benefits and work guide?
passenger
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no i dont do i need one ? ive looked a lot up on the net
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equationgirl
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It might be helpful, that's all. You have to pay a small amount to get if iirc but i am happy to do that for you, or anyone who needs it.
passenger
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if you can would be nice how much how do i pay ?
im cheering my self up by watching inherent vice
equationgirl
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I can't do it tonight but will do so tomorrow. Is that OK?
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
I haven't got anything useful to say - but I wish you well and hope you have the strength to fight them. x
you are really nice.
equationgirl
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Least I can do to help, plus it will also help others if they need it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Hang fire. I think my subscription is still active.
I've got the most recent PIP claim and appeal guides. If passenger PMs me an e-mail address, I'll forward them to him.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
you are nice too.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Please don't tell everyone! It's taken years for me to build my "moody irascible bastard" reputation!
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Don't worry no one will guess - everyone else still thinks your a miserable grumpy old man.Please don't tell everyone! It's taken years for me to build my "moody irascible bastard" reputation!
equationgirl
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Give me a shout if your subscription isn't still active.
equationgirl
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Am I allowed to say interesting thread... or will I get another warning point?
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Good point.
Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
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Probably for the bestThanks citizens.
don't know how much you've seen this discussed before,k but benefits and work charg a small access fee because they employ professionals to write their stuff. it's got the reputation of being the best site for these guides on how to fill in the forms. As I said, it isn't what's wrong with you, but how you say it. YOou drown them in as much officially produced evidence as you have, but when it comes to answering the questions, you spell it out in excrutiating detail, and make it easy to see how what you're saying relates to the criteria they have. Your decision makers won't have much of a clue. Some fuss a while back about how they were advised to google conditions to know what the claimant's conditions were. So it's spelling it out for a numpty. the guides tell you how to spell everything out so they can see exactly how you relate to their guidelines, and that means it's more likely you get an a2ward.
ViolentPanda - can you send him the ESA ones as well?
equationgirl
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No worries, ViolentPanda got the stuff. I just offered to! I hope you are feeling a bit more positive now you have the help guides.Great stuff Violentpanda that is so helpful its like gold dust to me
i quit clearly have been robbed of 4 points and by the looks of it i am
entitled to more points i will call them tomorrow with notes in hand
p.s sorry and you Equationgirl
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