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<p>Since Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was introduced up to June 2018, there
have been:</p><p>(a) 60 successful appeals against a decision not to award PIP by
people with a primary disabling condition of leukaemia,</p><p>(b) 30 successful appeals
against a decision not to award PIP by people with a primary disabling condition of
myeloma,</p><p>(c) 20 successful appeals against a decision not to award PIP by people
with a primary disabling condition of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and</p><p>(d) 40 successful
appeals against a decision not to award PIP by people with a primary disabling condition
of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest
10.</p><p> </p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the
PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon
which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</p><p>
</p><p>The appeals may include decisions which are changed at mandatory reconsideration,
and where the claimant continues to appeal for a higher PIP award, are then changed
again at tribunal appeal.</p>
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