Reply To: Dreaded letter has arrived

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    What I actually meant once you reach pension age and and have a condition that will never change, ie cancer, your benefit will not be challenged.

    imo

    All benefit claims are open to further review some more robustly than others

    imo

    DWP love to spread fear but fear not

    Remember an award was won/given on merit and would have needed to have had strong medical support at any point prior to awarding if the DWP felt they could have challenged they would have already done so.

    imo

    An award is an acceptance of known facts and that puts the claimant in a strong position going forward

    imo

    And unless an individuals condition/s changes then there is no reason to fear a review

    In reality imo

    Looking at the DWP present workload and overtime the many hats each employee has been given

    I suspect they will continue with light touch reviews for those retired and with conditions that are stable and long term

    I say stable as a reported condition that improves or worsen can result in the whole award being looked at again