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Carer claiming pip for mobility issues

My husband is my full time carer he has just been diagnosed with generalized sensory motor atonal peripheral neuropathy in his lower limbs he has pain numbness and sharp shooting pains in his ankles and feet he is under a consultant and having more test he is struggling bad with walking so has applied for pip can he get mobility part of pip and still get carers .
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Hope this helps and very best of luck if you do put a claim in
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The simple answer is yes, your husband can claim PIP whilst being your Carer.
I would recommended that he seeks, advice from a welfare rights officer, for them to assist with the claims process.
Keep us informed.
More attention is now given to see if claiming carers contradicts a claim.
You would have to find an activity performed by a carer which coincides with an activity they receive points for under PIP. Even then that only allows the question to be asked. It does not automatically disentitle to PIP or lose points. For example a person could score points for using an aid to prepare food. Preparing food for the person they care for would not lose those points. Equally, if they scored points for not being able to reliably prepare food (perhaps because they could not do so repeatedly) they would not lose those points just because they did the same for the person they care for.