[2025] UKUT 326 (AAC)

The Appellant (to whom I shall refer as the “claimant”) claimed a Personal Independence Payment (“PIP”) on 30 November 2022 and returned a completed PIP2 questionnaire form dated 28 December 2022 identifying various health problems affecting her daily life.

The claimant underwent a telephone assessment with a healthcare professional, and on 3 February 2023 a decision maker for the Secretary of State wrote to the claimant to inform him that she had scored no points in respect of either the daily living activities or the mobility activities, and therefore did not satisfy the entitlement conditions to any award of a PIP with either component at either rate from 30 November 2022 (the “SoS Decision”).

The claimant disagreed with the SoS Decision and requested a mandatory reconsideration. However, the SoS Decision was confirmed on reconsideration. The claimant appealed to the First-tier Tribunal.

On 7 August 2024, a three-member panel of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) convened at Nottingham (the “Tribunal”). The Tribunal heard evidence and argument. The complainant complained of back and shoulder pain, osteoarthritis in both her knees, breathlessness, pain in her feet and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as headaches, blurred vision and dizziness, resulting in falls.

The Tribunal decided to confirm the SoS Decision that the claimant scored no points and was not, therefore, entitled to any award of a PIP with either component at either rate from 30 November 2022 (the “FtT Decision”), which it explained in a decision notice dated 7 August 2024 and a statement of reasons dated 26 September 2024.