Reapplying for PIP

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Mikeinpain_1
Mikeinpain_1 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited August 2018 in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
For 30 yrs i was diagnosed as having m e and had dla  payment but when it changed to pip they stopped my payments but since then it seems i have rheaumatoid arthritis i find it hard to cope with the pain and i am trying to work 3 days a week we are struggling as they now want full rent and full council tax i only earn 800 a month my wife is 67 and retired how to i stand to reaply for pip i am under the hospital

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  • Liam_Alumni
    Liam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 1,087 Empowering
    Hi @Mikeinpain_1,

    Welcome to Scope's online community! It's great to have you on board.

    My Benefits and Work have an online PIP self-test form which may be of interest to you for giving you an idea of how many points you could potentially score if you were assessed for PIP.

    I hope this helps. Do let us know if you have any other questions! :) 
  • Mikeinpain_1
    Mikeinpain_1 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    Many thanks
  • Yadnad
    Yadnad Posts: 2,884 Championing
    edited August 2018
    For 30 yrs i was diagnosed as having m e and had dla  payment but when it changed to pip they stopped my payments but since then it seems i have rheaumatoid arthritis i find it hard to cope with the pain and i am trying to work 3 days a week we are struggling as they now want full rent and full council tax i only earn 800 a month my wife is 67 and retired how to i stand to reaply for pip i am under the hospital
    It doesn't matter what the medical complaint is. PIP is governed by the number of points you get based on the specific descriptors. To get anywhere with PIP you have only to consider what the impact is on your life caused by the conditions that you have. Then you try to match the various descriptors to the various impacts. Then you have to prove that those descriptors apply to you using independent evidence. Once that is done then you can read off how many points you would get.