My Assessment Report arrived today

PIP is not a benefit that is founded on a condition or a diagnosis. It's principle aim is to provide financial support for the extra costs that you incur directly due to a disability.

The DWP have two things to consider - what are the limitations/difficulties that you have that are caused by a disability and secondly what costs do you incur because of those limitations/difficulties.

As an example I have suffered from, amongst the many other things, erictile dysfunction since 2004. This has caused difficulties in my relationship as well as anxiety and depression for me.

Now you could say that that is a prime example for which DLA/PIP is set up for.

However, no, I have medication supplied by my GP that counters the physical defect which in turn has countered the emotional side. Clearly also there are no extra costs involved.Put simply medication has solved the issue to a greater extent.

So, that particular problem has never been disclosed to the DWP as it is not something that would affect a DLA/PIP claim. 

I do know this les...I have severe depression n anxiety too...as well as having 2 major strokes n my main artery operated on...my right leg is totally numb...I will never get that back which I've been told by the rehabilitation hospital.....

Sorry part 2 - I had Peripheral Arterial Disease in 2012 in my right leg. I was admitted into hospital as the leg was white and cold to touch. They could find no pulse in that leg.

The pain was awful and had been for days.

I was operated on and they went into the Femoral Artery at the groin and used a wire/basket to clear out the artery right down to my ankle.

It seemed that I had blood clots in the groin, behind the knee and behind the ankle.

Since then it has been as good as new and having given up smoking and now taking blood thinning medication along with Statins, I have been told that the leg is as good as it was when I was born 68 years ago.

None of that is relevant to DLA/PIP - there are no disabilities or difficuties (as long as I take the medication) and there are no extra costs - so once again that has never been reported to the DWP for my old DLA claim

I take 2 blood thinning agents too...n statin but I will never get the feeling back in my right leg or arm....I am numb totally....my main artery the left hand in my neck is totally blocked....but my other one was 70% blocked....had a mri scan on my brain in December n had a tia. ...the left had side of my brain has gone....I have a fine arts degree but I have lost the ability to draw or paint no more...also I dribble a bit too...I am waiting to see a speech therapists at rehabilitation hospital

What I don't understand is everyone says PIP is separate from ESA but you lose money from your ESA if not getting PIP.... A load of crap if you ask me!

I'll try to stay cool Ivan   but everytime a text comes in I jump a mile. lol

 just keep thinking that if they were going to take the assessor's word for it, then they would be letting me know fairly quickly, but the longer it goes on............. who knows.

erm.. who says you lose money from your esa if not getting pip. it's my understanding esa is fixed rate independent of pip. if you get both how can you lose. apart from hb and council tax rebates. which pip would I imagine make up for it. if not, what's point in claiming for it?.

bloody hell Sukes.

don't let them sods know you jump a mile. you'll lose everything. ?? all for nowt.

as they say 'ooop north'.

If you are in receipt of any amount of Income Based ESA and your personal circumstances fit, you can lose money (premiums) if you lose PIP or DLA 

So for some the loss of one benefit can and does affect how much you get for ESA.

The same goes for other benefits - the loss of DLA/PIP if claiming Pension Credit for example, could well see the loss of that extra money from a Guaranteed Pension Credit award plus the loss of Council Tax Benefit as well as support for mortgage interest/housing benefit.

It's very much like stacking dominoes on end - push the front one down and the rest start to fall one after the other.

 

thanks for that Les. i didn't know that . my post few mins ago was reply to someone who posted me(mistake I think). so I answered only what I thought I knew. obviously wrong.

strange quirk of fate though it's your answer stopped me doing something else. thanks again Les, appreciated. ivan.

Someone who works as a benefit advisor told me if I fail to receive PIP il lose money off my ESA disability premium

Exactly!!

you are only entitled to the severe disability premium on esa if are in receipt of the care componant of pip/dla so if you lose your dla/pip then you will lose the severe disability premium of esa too.

 £61.85 per week.

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