Just found out today I havent been awarded anything from PIP. Not seen the reason as of yet as the letter has been sent out but im gonna guess its because I can work still. He has said i can do a mandatory reconsideration but this could take 15 weeks to even process, its so hard trying to explain the impacts the stroke has on you and you feel like your just going round in circles with no support 
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Nothing to do with being able to work. There are strict criteria on how long you have had the difficulties and how long they are expected to last. It is always worth appealing. You have nothing to lose and appeal success rates are about 70%.
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@DanRose991 That’s dreadful news. over the years i have witnessed people getting benefits all because they knew how to fool the system. And when it comes to genuine people it grates at me that they end up with nothing. the people making decisions are only going by tick boxes, they have no idea how you feel unless they are also a stroke survivor. Are you allowed to challenge the decision? If so. i would. Nothing to lose. Best of luck 
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It is not unusual for a first Pip claim to be rejected. As has been mentioned by Janet the appeal success rate is around 70% so the odds are in your favor. If you genuinely believe that you are entitled to Pip then you must do a mandatory reconsideration. If you haven’t already requested it ring up and ask for a copy of the assessment report and then go through this report highlighting anything that you believe is incorrect and then in your mandatory reconsideration write out what you believe is incorrect why you believe it to be incorrect and if you have evidence to prove that point out where that evidence is. Remember to include whether you can do things safely, timely, to an adequate standard and reliably. Timely relates to things taking no longer than twice as long as the average person and reliably means that you can do the task as often as is necessary. For example if you can walk 100 meters in the morning but by doing so that means you can’t do it for the rest of the day that is not reliably and therefore counts that you can’t do that activity.
If you are able to get Letters from people that have to help you stating what help they provide then you can send these in as evidence. You could also keep a diary for a week covering the descriptors and explaining in that diary whether you could do them or not throughout the day. You need to be able to do things for more than 50% of the time for it to count as you being able to do it.
Don’t give up that’s what they hope for. You are able to work & receive PIP as long as what you stated in your claim is not contradicted by your job. For example if you say you can’t walk 100 meters but then say you are a postman that clearly indicates that you could walk more than 100 meters. However if you say you can’t walk very far and you sit at a desk all day then that is different.
Good luck with your appeal.
Ann
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Sadly, they want people to become disheartened and discouraged, and give up applying but if you feel it is necessary to help you, then you may need to stick with it. I went all the way to the tribunal.
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Hi please do follow through on an appeal done this with my dad 20+ years ago and it has helped him and mum to live more comfortably in his/ their retirements.
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