Family member awarded enhanced pip - AIBU?

Oh good. Another disability benefits bashing thread.

I find this hard to believe. I supplied a lot of evidence some of which I was told was rubbish. Quite why my medically trained doctor and consultant would like with the test results and years of appointments from various specialists is beyond me. (They absolutely weren't lying)

The thing with PIP at the moment is that, in theory, you don’t actually need any diagnosis or medical evidence…..they very rarely contact your GP …..it’s all based on what you tell them you can and can’t do, with regard to the descriptors…..they either go with what you are telling them or don’t……I have medical evidence but lots don’t….there are changes afoot,these will likely be made public at the November Autumn Statement …..there’s talk of the need for a medical diagnosis and medical evidence ……and stopping a cash handout , instead providing free services ….who knows 🤷‍♀️…..but guessing it will be harder to claim for some….I’m just hoping they leave me alone until my current award runs out in 2027

I have a friend who’s wife is the same, told them she can’t move, can hardly walk, she does have a wfh job very good pay, husband good pay and they now get enhanced pip as he is her supposed carer and she’s in the pits with all this pain lol lol but somehow she can manage to go to theme parks and in all the rides, holidays, jumping off boats, hot air balloon you name it!!!!!

PIP isn’t all about mobility or pain .. my daughter has ASD and gets in, she can walk fine

It is shameful if true BUT I listened in on my mum's phonecalls and somethings I noticed were that she would too often try to describe her best day, not her worst. She would often underestimate how many of the 'worst' days she has and would over estimate what she could achieve in a day (she does this is real life too and exhausts herself).

If you asked her, she might even joke about over egging the truth to the assessor because she probably genuinely feels like she did - but in reality she didn't. She just feels like she did because she is so keen to put a positive spin on her current siutation and abilities and because it's downright painful for her to think about how much she cannot do for herself day to day.

I heard those phone calls and she lives with me. I know what she can and cannot do each day. She didn't lie and in some cases I don't think she properly represented how hard she has it. I also saw the tears on her face after the calls were finished because, for a little while there, she was forced to look her disability morre or less in the eye and it grieves her.

If she has actually lied then you should report her.

I am going through the process at the moment and they ask for access to your medical records and you are expected to supply a lot of medical evidence.

How far have you actually seen her walk?

Did she fake the medical information to back up her claim as well?

Shameful of her and this is why the country is on its knees, hand outs for those who don't need them.