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i am deaf in left ear.i have congenital deafness.i use hearing aid.i applied for pip but been denied on the basis i can do things unaided.is that ok
Hi @abdul1969 welcome to the forum sorry your pip wasn't successful
PIP is about the difficulties you have caused by your impairment, rather than having the impairment itself.
Have you been through the points and are there any areas you disagree with getting none?
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-points-system
thanks all for the clarifications and support.
Hi @abdul1969, sorry to hear you were turned down for PIP. As Kimi87 mentioned, it's worth looking through the descriptors to see if you should have qualified for any points.
The Scope website has some advice about appealing the decision if you think it is wrong: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/challenging-pip-or-other-benefits-decisions
Many of our members have been through the appeals process, so if you do decide to appeal I'm sure you'd get some good advice and support here ☺️
thank you for your answer
I think it's normally just 2 points for using a hearing aid. That's what I got, anyway.
llet see in the future if we will be xonsidered equal to deaf people.cause in the transport i got freedom pass .for disabled people.so why not pip
PIP is a national DWP benefit with criteria set by the Government.
A Freedom Pass is run by the different boroughs of London who decide on the criteria.
thank you for the acclaration.kimi
They told me it was one point per hearing aid, I got 2 points for using 2.
Using 2 hearing aids also got me a disabled bus pass.
thank you .i got as well freedom pass.
The value must be greater than or equal to 1.
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