PIP

keanda

One of the major difference between PIP and DLA is that there is no reference to the pain that a claimant may experience whilst carrying out an activity, although many DWP guidance documents for PIP do still refer to "severe discomfort".

That does not mean that pain is not a limiting factor that the assessor and Decision Maker must take account of, just that there is no terminology currently associated with it, it is quite possible as Case Law becomes available for PIP, that this situation wil be clarified.

Even though you usually use a wheelchair you must respond to this question, unless there is clear evidence that a claimant cannot walk, then it will be assumed that they can, so you need to define any limitations that you have.

I would argue that the phrases "reliably" and "safely" require that the claimant carries out an activity without pain, so any distance you can walk while in pain should be discounted. There are examples in the PIP Claim guide.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip

Gordon

keanda wrote: Sorry I should have included this in the query. In the moving around section is this specifically outdoors or indoors or both. My initial thought was that it was outdoors as it mentions teraine, curbs and steps. I mainly use a manual wheelchair outdoors but it is too big in the house and can't get it through the doors etc so I use a walking stick, stair lift in the house

The DWP guidance for PIP refers to walking out of doors, so if you have problems with uneven surfaces, slopes or curbs hen you should include details of this in your answers.

Gordon