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1 year 11 months ago #276471 by motorhead
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I was just wondering did anyone get an award of pip for chronic Diverticulitis.My daughters s ymptoms are severe.She works for NHS andat the moment she cannot work due to severe symptoms.She al'so is suffering from long COVID but has tried to work through it .She has had several hospital visits to a & e due to heart palpitations and severe shortness of breath .She is only mid thirties and presently can't even walk up her stairs without palpitations and shortness of breath leaving her having to lie down to recover.She also has muscle and joint pain all over . Waiting to see rheumatologist.
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1 year 11 months ago #276479 by BIS
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Hi Motorhead
People are awarded PIP not on their illness/condition/disability per se, but on how it affects their mobility and their daily life. So you can have two people who appear to have the same condition, but one will be awarded it and another won't, and it can appear very unfair. Sometimes it might be just unfair or wrong, but sometimes it is because the impact on an individual varies. So if your daughter is affected for the majority of the time (eg 4 days out of 7) and she has been suffering for the last three months and expects to do so for the following 9 months, there is nothing to stop her from applying.
Do take the time to look through our Guide to PIP claims and reviews which goes through the whole process and has suggestions for how the questions might be answered. benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip
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People are awarded PIP not on their illness/condition/disability per se, but on how it affects their mobility and their daily life. So you can have two people who appear to have the same condition, but one will be awarded it and another won't, and it can appear very unfair. Sometimes it might be just unfair or wrong, but sometimes it is because the impact on an individual varies. So if your daughter is affected for the majority of the time (eg 4 days out of 7) and she has been suffering for the last three months and expects to do so for the following 9 months, there is nothing to stop her from applying.
Do take the time to look through our Guide to PIP claims and reviews which goes through the whole process and has suggestions for how the questions might be answered. benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip
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1 year 11 months ago #276483 by motorhead
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Cheers Have used your guides before for successful claims .Will definitely tell her to look at the guide's. Thank You
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