Anyone else have trouble getting PIP after a head injury?

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ice24
ice24 Scope Member Posts: 9 Contributor
edited June 2022 in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
Anyone else have trouble getting pip after a head injury? I was in a crash 5 years ago and had a head injury with no memory of getting home.  I had a seizure a week later while holding a boiling kettle scalding myself.  I get pip for fibro etc but not memory problems. Anyone get pip for memory problems with forgetting driving instructions etc?

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  • emancherry33
    emancherry33 Online Community Member Posts: 3,640 Trailblazing
    Know the feeling I completely lost my memory 8_10 years ago have brain injuries can't get diddle for it .
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    ice24 said:
     Anyone get pip for memory problems with forgetting driving instructions etc?

    PIP isn't about your ability to drive. You said you have trouble getting PIP but you're already claiming it. Whether it's possible to score more points for higher award, will totally depend on exactly how your conditions affect you.
  • Cartini
    Cartini Online Community Member Posts: 1,107 Trailblazing
    ice24 said:
    Anyone else have trouble getting pip after a head injury? I was in a crash 5 years ago and had a head injury with no memory of getting home.  I had a seizure a week later while holding a boiling kettle scalding myself.  I get pip for fibro etc but not memory problems. Anyone get pip for memory problems with forgetting driving instructions etc?

    I had a fractured skull and brain damage 20 years ago.  I informed the DVLA and I was banned from driving until I could prove that my injury was no longer a problem.  Fortunately I never had seizures.
    Putting aside that your condition is not taken into account for PIP, just how your condition affects you, if you had a brain injury that affects your driving you are legally bound to inform the DVLA which may result in your licence being suspended until you have proof that you can drive safely again.
    Quite rightly so.
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    edited June 2022
    The thread you have just posted on is 4 years old. Hopefully OP has progressed things since then.
  • emancherry33
    emancherry33 Online Community Member Posts: 3,640 Trailblazing
    Well no
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    edited June 2022
    Biblioklept said:
    calcotti said:
    The thread you have just posted on is 4 years old. Hopefully OP has progressed things since then.
    I thought that at first too :D but when you hover over it it's actually 18 July 2022
    Sorry - brain melt!
    Apologies, woodburner.

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