Disability news

Anthony1987

Hi it's  a long shot when u get told u have gaseous distension of colon is that'd  classed as crohn's disease? Or something  eles I'm  seeing  a specialist in November  but not 100% sure what to put on the forms i have prove i stayed in hospital for a week when i was really bad with it!. 

wilko

If you no firm confirmation of your diagnosis than you can only put on your application form details of your investigations and the suspected results which will be confirmed at your next hospital appointment in November. If your diagnosed with Crohn’s disease you will receive a letter from the hospital department confirming your diagnosis and will be able to take and send a copy to the DWP prior to your acessment, warning please ring DWP to get correct address to send any additional information prior to your acessment, and take a copy to you acessment just in case the sent copied never arrived or has been lost. Good luck. 

atlas46

Hi

Wat is the specialist you are seeing in November 2018?

Have you had the condition for at least three months?

poppy123456

PIP isn't about a diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect you daily.

Anthony1987

Gastroenterologist  i was in hospital in August this year with the pain i had the pain since last year but my gp wouldn't do nothing about it and now ovb it's got worse so i had to swop gp had the camera done everything fine on that'd part it's just waiting around now to find out wat it is I'm also seeing consultant surgeon 

atlas46

You are best to seek the help of welfare rights advisor, contact your local CAB.

As others have explained, it's about how you meet the descriptors for PIP.

Anthony1987

Okay thanks I was with Talking changes as well but they have referred me to see a psychologist next Wednesday  just all the spot at the moment 

Yadnad

From what I hear you don't even need a diagnosis to claim PIP. As long as you can match the descriptors to your difficulties.

Mind you I suppose that on that basis anybody can claim to have severe physical and/or mental health issues even if they don't have them.

The most important bit is getting enough evidence together that will make the decision maker agree that the difficulties exist and that they match enough of the descriptors to get enough points to generate an award.

How you can manage that I have no idea if you can't prove that the conditions actually exist without a diagnosis.