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3 months 3 weeks ago #293609 by 4thelonious
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My wife is retired, she currently receives PIP daily living at the standard rate and mobility at the enhanced rate, and in 2021 was told the award is ongoing and will be reviewed in 2028, 10 years after the original award. She’s decided that due to her worsening health she’d like to get them to review it now in the hope of getting daily living at the enhanced rate. One of the things she hopes to score on is communicating verbally, this was never a major issue for her previously but she’s now been diagnosed with sensoneural hearing loss in her left ear following a middle ear infection earlier this year – this “clinical indication” is contained in a letter of 25th June feeding back on the result of her MRI scan. She also has a letter of 10th May from ENT referring her to the NHS team at Specsavers for “ongoing audiology care” but when she went to Specsavers for a hearing test they told her the ear drum is perforated so they can’t assess her for a hearing aid for another couple of months. Am I right in thinking that she will need to actually get a hearing aid before she can score 2 points under communicating verbally?
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3 months 3 weeks ago #293620 by Gary
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Hi 4thelonious
You can notify the DWP of a Change of Circumstances by phone or by letter. This will trigger a new claim for PIP, and you will be sent a PIP2, which is the big form which I am sure you are familiar with. Any awards from your new claim will be back dated to when you notified them of a Change of Circumstances.
It would be remiss of me not to point out that the new assessment could find that you are awarded a lower award than you are currently receiving. Only you can be the judge of whether or not that is a risk worth taking. Do have a look at our PIP guides to help you make this decision.
Our guide to PIP claims and reviews goes through each question highlighting important issues that you need to consider in your answers and giving some sample answers; benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip
PIP is not awarded because of the condition but rather the limitations that result and prevent a claimant from completing a range of everyday activities.
Read about the reliability element in the guide - if you cannot do something:
• Safely – in a fashion that is unlikely to cause harm to themselves or to another person.
• To a necessary and acceptable standard – given the nature of the activity.
• Repeatedly – as often as is reasonably required.
• In a reasonable time period – no more than twice as long as a person without a physical or mental health condition would take to carry out the activity.
then you should not be considered able to do the activity.
The fact that you can’t do the activity safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly or in a reasonable time, means you can’t do it at all for the purposes of the descriptors.
In regards to your question, read the relevant section of the guide.
Gary
You can notify the DWP of a Change of Circumstances by phone or by letter. This will trigger a new claim for PIP, and you will be sent a PIP2, which is the big form which I am sure you are familiar with. Any awards from your new claim will be back dated to when you notified them of a Change of Circumstances.
It would be remiss of me not to point out that the new assessment could find that you are awarded a lower award than you are currently receiving. Only you can be the judge of whether or not that is a risk worth taking. Do have a look at our PIP guides to help you make this decision.
Our guide to PIP claims and reviews goes through each question highlighting important issues that you need to consider in your answers and giving some sample answers; benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip
PIP is not awarded because of the condition but rather the limitations that result and prevent a claimant from completing a range of everyday activities.
Read about the reliability element in the guide - if you cannot do something:
• Safely – in a fashion that is unlikely to cause harm to themselves or to another person.
• To a necessary and acceptable standard – given the nature of the activity.
• Repeatedly – as often as is reasonably required.
• In a reasonable time period – no more than twice as long as a person without a physical or mental health condition would take to carry out the activity.
then you should not be considered able to do the activity.
The fact that you can’t do the activity safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly or in a reasonable time, means you can’t do it at all for the purposes of the descriptors.
In regards to your question, read the relevant section of the guide.
Gary
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