today i got my PIP tribunal decision.

5 years after becoming housebound, 16 months after applying for PIP, and 1 year after they refused it, a judge has granted me the *enhanced* rate on daily living AND mobility until 2022, taking the DWP assessment from 2 points, to 25.

from TWO to TWENTY FIVE. simply because an independent doctor, not a DWP assessor, was the one asking the questions!

obviously i am completely over the moon and have been sobbing in relief all morning, but this is such clear evidence that the assessment system is totally broken

there’s a reason 73% of appeals win at tribunal, and it’s because the DWP ignore their own criteria in the hope you’ll be too exhausted to challenge them.

I am so glad I challenged them

*collapses into a blanket fort*