OD v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Facts

The claimant, referred to as OD, is a recipient of personal independence payment. She had previously been awarded the daily living component, but not the mobility component, at the standard rate from 14 August 2021 to 14 February 2024, subsequently extended to 14 February 2025. By a supersession decision of 10 August 2024 the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions awarded her 9 points for the daily living component and 4 points for the mobility component, so that she was entitled to the daily living component only, at the standard rate, from 10 August 2024 to 23 July 2027. That decision was reconsidered but not revised on 18 November 2024. Her medical conditions, which were not in dispute, were fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome, sciatica on the left side, migraine, ulcerative colitis, asthma, COPD, an underactive thyroid, kidney issues, PTSD and depression. Her appeal came before the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) sitting at Huddersfield on 25 July 2025, where she appeared by telephone with her representative and gave oral evidence, a presenting officer also attending. The Tribunal refused the appeal, finding the same points and the same entitlement. She was granted permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal, and the Secretary of State supported the appeal.