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1. Claim PIP for Epilepsy

(PIP health conditions)

In 2023, there were 63,142 PIP claimants with epilepsy listed as their main disabling condition. This makes it the thirteenth most common condition to get an award of PIP for out of over 500 conditions ...

2. Thousands of claimants with epilepsy have income slashed on transfer to PIP

(News)

The DWP have revealed that thousands of claimants with epilepsy are losing some or all of their disability benefit on being transferred from disability living allowance (DLA) to personal independence payment ...

3. Most at risk PIP health conditions revealed

(News)

...  56,000 19,000 34% 12 Cancer 70,000 23,000 33% 13 Epilepsy 36,000 11,000 30% 14 Other psychiatric ...

4. PIP awards by condition

(Uncategorized)

...  Total 691,426 66.24%   Neurological Disease Condition Number Success Cerebrovascular disease 84,152 74.08% Epilepsy 67,232 56.27% Other neurological ...

5. Shambolic Severe Disability Group assessment system revealed

(News)

... be able to give first-hand give evidence on. For epilepsy, you need to have “incapacitating seizures at least once per week despite optimal medical therapy”.  But probably the only person who can give ...

6. Success rates for PIP claims by condition

(PIP)

... for epilepsy, you'll need to search for seizures. And there's no depression - it's depressive disorders. This table is based on the October 2024 figures, which were published by the DWP in February 2025 ...

7. Chances of PIP success may be better than you think

(News)

... to have other problems like dyslexia, dyspraxia, severe anxiety and other significant difficulties.” Other conditions also present a mixed picture. As kysgillett explained: “Epilepsy is invisible (most ...

8. DWP call centres will cause life-threatening destitution

(News)

... anyway on the following Tuesday 4/09/2022 I successfully got through all the connections and was in the last please hold for an advisor for 1 hour and to be honest I have epilepsy and it was started to ...

9. Mortgage help for claimants – poll results

(News)

... I live in private rented accommodation and am not on UC.” “No, but that would be largely due to the fact I am 52 next birthday, and have tbi induced epilepsy. It has been diagnosed as lifelong, and will ...

10. Feedback

(About)

...  came back with 2 points for hearing aids.This caused such distress as I have Diabetes, Epilepsy, Rheumatoid Arthritis ard Osteoarthritis and 2 discs replaced in my neck … therefore after being made t ...

11. Complete your WCA50 capability for work form effectively

(UC)

... such as: epilepsy arthritis heart disease back problems It takes you box-by-box through all the questions on the form, including those covering: Eating and drinking Moving around and ...

12. 10 March 2021 Update: Claimant Sues Atos And Sends In Bailiffs, New PIP And ESA Video Assessments Law, Combined PIP and ESA Assessments Trial

(News)

... of duty of care and then sent in the bailiffs when they failed to pay up. Rebecca has epilepsy, a heart condition, anxiety, depression and memory problems. Despite this, and the fact that she was receiving ...

13. Claimant successfully sues Atos and sends in the bailiffs when they don’t pay up

(News)

... has epilepsy and a resulting heart condition, anxiety, depression and memory problems. Despite this, and the fact she was receiving the enhanced daily living component, she received zero points for daily ...

14. 13 January 2021 Update: Missed PIP Assessment Penalty Returns, 850K PIP Claimants Not Told Award Extended, Walking At Airports Ruling

(News)

... with 2 points for hearing aids.This caused such distress as I have Diabetes, Epilepsy, Rheumatoid Arthritis ard Osteoarthritis and 2 discs replaced in my neck … therefore after being made to feel that ...

15. What does the Benefits and Work website mean to you?

(News)

In our survey last month we asked: ‘Can you sum up in a sentence or two what the Benefits and Work website means to you? Would it matter if we weren't here?’ Before we continue, we would like to make ...

16. Pain, humiliation and failed claims caused by being forced into wrong PIP assessment

(News)

... Therefore, we assume that the client does not require help in this section' I suffer with anxiety and panic attacks, not only brought on by my epilepsy but by agoraphobia, being in crowds and the thought ...

17. What PIP telephone assessments are really like, part two

(News)

... report I can walk more than 200 meters regularly.” “She kept saying that she was not interested in the effect on my epilepsy on my mobility - even though frequent grand and petit mal means I am at risk ...

18. 6 May 2020 Update: PIP Telephone Hearings - Be Prepared With Our Updated Appeals Guide, Register For A Free PIP Webinar, How Private Are PIP Assessments?

(News)

... . . .” “My son was previously on DLA for his uncontrolled epilepsy, he had surgery in 2008 which has not made much of a difference & is unable to get control through medication, having tried every medication ...

19. 192,000 claimants may have had PIP claim unlawfully stopped

(News)

... their PIP claim closed for non-attendance. Judge Wikeley was ruling in relation to a claim made in February 2017. The claimant had a number of medical conditions including severe epilepsy, severe depression ...

20. 5 June 2019 Update: Almost-Pensioner PIP Claimants To Get 10 Year Awards, UC Claimants Risk Losing Out When Helped By Citizens Advice

(News)

... disabled people.” Pete “I still can’t believe it” “In December, I had an assessor visit my home for my Pip interview. I have epilepsy, with related memory issues, which mean that I cannot be left to ...

21. DLA to PIP discrimination, 1 in 3 mental health claimants get zero award

(News)

... conditions (arthritis, back pain, diseases of muscles, bones, joints) 20,226 (13.6%) Neurological conditions (multiple sclerosis, epilepsy) 7,392 (29.6%) Diabetes Mellitus 1,705 (31.0%) The lowest refusal ...

22. 17 October 2018 Update: ESA To UC Reprieve, PIP Hostile Environment And War Zone Condition, DWP Crackdown On Carers

(News)

... of Alice – not her real name – made it only as far as the Canary, an online news service. Alice had been getting DLA for 11 years. But her PIP assessor decided that having epilepsy, arthritis, asthma, ...

23. Failed DLA to PIP claimant suffered severe starvation related illness

(News)

... charity Welfare Scotland. The claimant, known as Alice – not her real name – was refused any rate of PIP after being in receipt of DLA for 11 years. This was in spite of Alice having epilepsy; arthritis ...

24. Updated guidance on PIP safety

(News)

...  In the fifth example, (now example 7) in which the claimant has epilepsy with tonic-clonic seizures, there are still only 4 points awarded for daily living. This is not sufficient for an award. Indeed, ...

25. 6 June 2018 Update: DWP Admits Thousands Of PIP Daily Living Decisions Were Wrong And Will Be Reviewed Plus ESA Back-Payments To Be Kept As Small As Legally Possible

(News)

... AGAIN The DWP have abandoned two court cases after admitting that they got the law relating to ‘Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition’ wrong for years. Claimants with conditions such as epilepsy ...

26. 25 April 2018 Update: All PIP Assessments To Be Recorded Plus CPAG Begins Court Fight For Ripped-Off ESA Claimants

(News)

... for living and 0 for mobility so that he became ineligible for PIP and payment stopped. He had been getting DLA (Iower-rate living and lower-rate mobility) since 2006 or so. He has epilepsy, oral cancer, ...

27. 14 March 2018 Update: DWP Mandatory Reconsideration Form They Don’t Want You To Use Plus 43% Of DLA To PIP Motability Claimants Lose Car

(News)

... help from here. Come back from my pip tribunal and been awarded 8 points for daily living and 12 points for mobility for my epilepsy…Many thanks” BOOST YOUR PIP AND ESA CHANCES - 20% OFF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP ...

28. 15 November 2017 Update: DWP Starts Search For PIP Claimants Entitled To More, But 1 In 5 DLA to PIP Claimants Get No Award

(News)

... be worth getting advice if you believe your case should be looked at again, especially as the DWP seem to be focussing almost exclusively on claimants with epilepsy. AS FEW PIP SAFETY AWARDS AS POSSIBLE ...

29. DWP already trying to get round PIP safety ruling

(News)

... claimant has epilepsy with tonic-clonic seizures. There are no warning symptoms or triggers and the incidents can happen at any time of the day. There are no warning symptoms or triggers and the incidents ...

30. DWP starts search for PIP claimants entitled to more

(News)

... a claimant could only score points for being unsafe if harm was likely to occur on more than 50% of the occasions on which they attempted an activity. A claimant who has epilepsy which causes seizures ...

31. 20 September 2017 Update: DLA To PIP Award Rates Fall Close To Almost Record Low Plus WCA Repeat Assessments At Record High

(News)

... dwp decision to the tribunal to not consider my appeal. Over all the panel were not delving too much into my daily routine etc.They took each illness and ask me about that, ie epilepsy BPD and about my ...

32. 29 March 2017 Update

(News)

... Tribunal ruling that could allow thousands more people with conditions such as epilepsy to claim personal independence payment (PIP). This might be especially welcome news, given that newly released ...

33. Safety and supervision ruling could mean PIP for many more claimants

(News)

A panel of upper tribunal judges has made a decision relating to safety and supervision that Benefits and Work believes could allow many claimants with conditions such as epilepsy, heart disease, dementia ...

34. Examples of ESA sanctions

(News)

... epilepsy. We have also been told; “I had to leave my abusive job due to my mental health issues and I've been sanctioned 4 weeks! Since this I haven't been able to eat and my anxiety is at an all time ...

35. Newsletter 4 June 2014

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...  However, as a result of a recent freedom of information request we have now obtained another 26 documents allegedly used in LiMA, covering conditions such as epilepsy, hypertension, low back pain, osteoarthritis, ...

36. Anger and fear as disabled people march for A Future That Works

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...  She said: “​I have tried to look for a job. It’​s hard. People have said we don’​t take people with a learning difficulty and also people saying they don’​t take people on with epilepsy.”​ Rob ...

37. PIP losers revealed

(News)

... syndrome and scores 4 points for daily living and no points for mobility.  This means that Rachel is not entitled to any rate of PIP.   In case study 4, Pete has epilepsy and scores 6 points ...

38. DLA cuts - who will lose out under PIP?

(News)

... you need someone to keep you safe when cooking a meal, for example, this will be taken into account.  But, under DLA a claimant who has severe epilepsy, for example, may get an award because they ...

39. Revealed: which health conditions get into the support group

(News)

... system include post-viral fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), Huntington’s disease, motor neurone disease, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimers disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, migraine, muscular dystrophy and ...

40. GPs warned not to discuss DLA with patients

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...  Asthma / COPD / other respiratory conditions Ischaemic heart disease Musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis / back pain etc Mental health conditions Epilepsy or loss of consciousness ...

41. Controversial DLA medical guidance published

(News)

26 July 2007 The DWP has begun publishing some of its controversial new medical guidance for decision makers on the internet. It includes information on CFS/ME, epilepsy, anxiety disorders, vision, back ...

42. New DLA claim pack revealed

(News)

... an advice agency with completing the form and thus are less likely to know where to get support for an appeal. No epilepsy page There is no longer a page devoted to dizzy spell, blackouts, fits, ...

43. Spy cameras to replace disability living allowance?

(News)

... disability benefits payments. Amongst the groups who may lose out under the new initiative are elderly people at risk of falling and people with asthma, epilepsy, diabetes and heart conditions. Consultation ...