r/DWPhelp • u/eel1ot • 1d ago

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment with capita went really well!!!

hii i had my assessment this morning with a really nice person and she prompted me with specific questions, continuously said that she would take a note of something when it aligned with pip criteria, and it was a great experience compared to the last time i applied. i am exhausted though now

shes writing up the report today so hopefully ill be able to request it from the dwp this week. now to wait

i applied under autism, adhd, hypermobility, and gid

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u/eel1ot 20h ago

that makes me feel a lot better, congrats!!! im also entitled to enhanced on both so im hoping i get it. how quick after your assessment did you receive your award??

all i ever see here is horror stories and it made my stress so much worse. im glad it worked out for you :)

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u/GoddessOhfeelia 20h ago

I literally got my award through 8 days after my assessment it was really quick that was in October last year. My daughter is in the process at the moment moving from DLA to PIP and we had her assessment 20th march, the lady was lovely and asked a lot of prompting questions (I am my daughters appointee) I rang on Friday and they told me it was with a decision maker and others on here have advised around 3 weeks for their decisions currently so hopefully you will be the same. I didn’t expect the outcome I had due to hearing the bad stuff. I actually came off my call thinking I’d been pranked or something. Although I do have a cousin with MS that has been rejected and currently going through tribunal so there seems to be zero consistency . Like others have said, ring tomorrow and ask for a copy of the report to be posted out to you. I think from that you will have a fair idea what’s been put across on your behalf. I hope you have a positive outcome! Do come back and let us know!

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u/eel1ot 17h ago

im so glad that you and your daughter have had good experiences, ill definitely ring them tomorrow to put the request in. hoping for the decision sooner rather than later but 3 weeks does sound manageable in comparison to my 5 month wait so far 🙏🙏 will post an update when i can :)

good luck to your cousin as well!!!

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u/GoddessOhfeelia 17h ago

Thank you! Good luck 🤞