PIP-AR1 - The extent of 'Cannot' + link query p71 + the dissed 1 point p44

Hi

1.
Im getting confused about the way to apply the 'cannot' absolute in activity descriptors.

So 2 examples confusing me:
Mixing with other people: descriptor:
9d. Cannot engage with other people .....
and
Talking, listening and understanding:
7e. Cannot express or understand verbal information at all even with communication support.
Is the 'cannot' for both the above a reference to a permanent never changing state of cannot which exists at all times
OR
a temporal episode where 'cannot' occurs and predominates for a period of time
OR
can 'cannot' apply to both contexts ?

2.
p71 theres a paragraph titled 'Important note' in red ink but the link doesn't seem to lead to a further detailed explainer of the case only a generic bnw PIP page .... or am i missing something ?

3. Managing your treatments - Top of p44 - The 2nd paragraph states explicitly that the 1 point awarded for descriptor (iii) supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to monitor a health condition. 1 point can never get you over the line from standard to enchanced rate of daily living PIP.
But is that really true ? Because in 2017 that happened to me in a manditory reconsideration where my daily living award did increase whilst the award of 1 point remained the same so i am wondering if in fact all points count, even the 1 point here ?
Surely it can act as the single point which gets you to 9 and above much like any other points awarded ?
Sorry a bit pedantic ! But may be it's true ?

thanks re any answers to all 3
sp

thanks @ Gordon

Re: where you stated - 3. For the one point to be of value the claimant must have also scored three points for Washing and Bathing.

I don't understand your answer. Any one point awarded in 'Managing your treatment - activity 3' is always accumilative in that it is added to the total points awarded for all actvities 1-10 to produce the final qualifying points. Therefore the 1 point is valid and can contribute to the total points awarded for daily living so as to get you to 8 points or above. The first 3 activities are never assessed to the exclusion of activites 4-10. Am i right in this ? And if so then the 1 point statement p44 has to be wrong ?
HOWEVER, that said; i think the 1 point clause in activity 3 is there to capture all those who do not detail properly,even where it occurs, qualification for 3c-3f which are relatively anomoulous/specific to this activity alone, in terms of descriptor definitions. So maybe the warning around 1 point isn't that it doesn't contribute, but rather that it may not be the one that applies and that it lessens your chances of getting qualifying total points. I also think it acts to give an assessor some indication of the extent to which an applicant is able to properly supply answers or not and if a 'marking down 'strategy can be applied elsewhere..... but maybe that's a bit conspiratorial ?

sp