confused regarding 20 metres ruling.

ginger wrote: How does it stand if you suffer immediate pain on standing but then manage to walk 10 metres using walking sticks before needing to stop and rest because of pain and discomfort.After resting can then walk a further 7 metres before again stopping due to pain and severe discomfort.Again after resting can manage a further 5 metres before needing to stop because of severe pain and severe discomfort.Is this classed as covering 10 metres when your first forced to stop or is it 22 metres which is the total distance covered stopping and starting.

This is complicated as PIP does not specifically take account of pain whereas DLA used the term "severe discomfort", but activities must be done safely and this is taken as meaning that pain must be considered.

PIP does not require that activities are completed without pain, but pain that limits your ability to complete an activity should.

Your description of your walking suggests that you should consider it limited to 10m, one key factor would be how long you need to wait before continuing to walk. Safely is one of four terms that come under the general heading of reliably; the other terms are repeatedly, to a necessary standard and in a timely manner, at least two of these may also apply, have a look at the PI Claim guide for more details.

Gordon