14th October, 2023.
These are strange days: whether I’m doing anything or not.
Possibly strange days.
OK: maybe not strange days.
Just slightly odd.
I’ve applied for Personal Independence Payment: an extra benefit.
And had both the initial application, and a Mandatory Reconsideration, turned down.
So I’ve started the process of appeal that decision.
Sent of the form, handed over paperwork I’ve felt relevant, received paperwork from the court, what have you.
And wasn’t expecting to hear anymore: until I got word of a tribunal date.
Yesterday afternoon, though … ?
I had a call from the DWP: wanting to know extra details of my claim, and where I disagreed with their reconsideration.
That … was unexpected: and caught me offguard.
And has me curious.
To the point of my asking the man who phoned — he told me he was the case officer for my appeal — why they were phoning.
Were they checking to see if I was committing fraud?
Was I faking my conditions?
Apparently not.
It was a routine double check.
Needless to say … I’m a little suspicious.
And wondering if this is a good thing, or a bad thing.
~≈Ü≈~
