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5 years 4 months ago #241590 by Pinkie
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Hi,
I'm going to tribunal for the higher rate of daily living as I've got the lower rate but should have more points, although my query is about mobility.
I am both bipolar and profoundly deaf, have worn hearing aids since I was 30, 20 years ago.
I can walk 200 m no problem if I'm well but 4 days of the week I'm pretty much housebound and in bed or on the sofa and I force myself to take them downstairs to the garden or to a tiny park 5 houses away at a push.
As for travel, I need assistance in that I cannot hear announcements ever or people speaking at all with background noise but they have said I can travel with no assistance.
Does anyone think I have a chance at receiving mobility at a lower rate?
Thanks so much.
I'm going to tribunal for the higher rate of daily living as I've got the lower rate but should have more points, although my query is about mobility.
I am both bipolar and profoundly deaf, have worn hearing aids since I was 30, 20 years ago.
I can walk 200 m no problem if I'm well but 4 days of the week I'm pretty much housebound and in bed or on the sofa and I force myself to take them downstairs to the garden or to a tiny park 5 houses away at a push.
As for travel, I need assistance in that I cannot hear announcements ever or people speaking at all with background noise but they have said I can travel with no assistance.
Does anyone think I have a chance at receiving mobility at a lower rate?
Thanks so much.
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5 years 4 months ago #241593 by Gary
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Hi Pinkie
The Going Out activity looks at three things.
Planning a route - this is primarily a cognitive or sensory (e.g. blindness) activity. You are being asked about the problems you would have with working out how to get from one place to another, you do not need to be able to follow the route that you are planning.
Undertaking a Journey - this is to do with mental health issues such as agoraphobia and social anxiety and is concerned with you leaving the house to go somewhere, they will be interested in the things that stop you doing this. You need to show that you would suffer "overwhelming psychological distress" to meet the criteria.
Following a route - This activity about the problems you would have navigating a route. So are there problems; cognitive, sensory or mental health issues that would prevent you from doing this? This is different from undertaking a journey, in fact, if you cannot undertake a journey then you will not score points for following one and vice versa.
You say your walking is restricted, you would need to be unable to reliably walk more than 50m to score sufficient points for an award just on the Moving Around activity.
Do you reasonably fit any of these criteria? Have a look at our guides, there is some very useful information in the guides such as submissions
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Gary
The Going Out activity looks at three things.
Planning a route - this is primarily a cognitive or sensory (e.g. blindness) activity. You are being asked about the problems you would have with working out how to get from one place to another, you do not need to be able to follow the route that you are planning.
Undertaking a Journey - this is to do with mental health issues such as agoraphobia and social anxiety and is concerned with you leaving the house to go somewhere, they will be interested in the things that stop you doing this. You need to show that you would suffer "overwhelming psychological distress" to meet the criteria.
Following a route - This activity about the problems you would have navigating a route. So are there problems; cognitive, sensory or mental health issues that would prevent you from doing this? This is different from undertaking a journey, in fact, if you cannot undertake a journey then you will not score points for following one and vice versa.
You say your walking is restricted, you would need to be unable to reliably walk more than 50m to score sufficient points for an award just on the Moving Around activity.
Do you reasonably fit any of these criteria? Have a look at our guides, there is some very useful information in the guides such as submissions
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Gary
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5 years 4 months ago #241597 by Pinkie
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Thanks so much Gary, I shall have a look.
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