PIP

I'd check with Citizens' Advice re PIP.. As for a BB, have a look here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/blue-badge-can-i-get-one/can-i-get-a-blue-badge

One thing I would suggest is that you get any supporting evidence you can ie from GP, consultant or physio. I really don't know what your chances are. But you can always try. Good luçk.

Have you had a look at this @Gemgems ?

You have to have had your condition for at least 3 months it says and will link you to the Govt site for PIP if you want to go there.

My advice is to photocopy your paperwork so you don't forget what you put and all the valuable information doesn't have to be searched out again for future reapplications etc.

Best of luck

Toni x

if you're of pension age you can make a claim for Attendance Allowance instead of PIP but unlike PIP that doesn't have a mobility element to it so that would affect getting a blue badge.

I applied for pip. Got turned down. So had to ring and disagree.waiting to see on that. If not then I'll have to go to tribunal.

Regarding PIP, why are you waiting ?

I did what you are doing now waiting thinking I am not bad enough.

I missed out on years of help.

I would say ring PIP and get the ball rolling, in my opinion you would be entitled to at least the Daily living part either lower rate or higher rate, you must require help doing simple things like cooking, getting dressed and showering, you do not go off your good days and you do not go off how you feel straight after injections or pain relief medication, you go off how you would feel and cope on a bad day.

The mobility side to PIP goes off two questions, you need 12 points to get the high rate

Activity 2 considers a claimant’s physical ability to move around without severe discomfort, such as breathlessness, pain or fatigue. This includes the ability to stand and then move up to 20 metres, up to 50 metres, up to 200 metres and over 200 metres. As with all the other activities, a claimant is to be assessed as satisfying a descriptor only if they can do so reliably.

1. Can stand and then move more than 200 metres, either aided or unaided. 0 points
2. Can stand and then move more than 50 metres but no more than 200 metres, either aided or unaided. 4 points
3. Can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres. 8 points
4. Can stand and then move using an aid or appliance more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres. 10 points
5. Can stand and then move more than 1 metre but no more than 20 metres, either aided or unaided. 12 points
6. Cannot, either aided or unaided - (i) stand; or (ii) move more than 1 metre. 12 points

So if on a bad day you would answer this question with 5 or 6 that gets you 12 points and the higher rate of mobility PIP.

If you get the high rate of Mobility it entitles you to a Blue Badge.

Blue Badge.

If you get Mobility PIP

Other ways are to apply and send any medical evidence and explain your problems with walking distance any medication you are on including injections from Hospital.

I had my first Blue badge issued with medical letters and medication proof, and an explanation of my Arthritis. lasted 3 years, just reapplied with my PIP award.

When I first applied for PIP I received the lower rate of daily living only, I could not walk anywhere without pain, I could not dress and shower on my own and needed help to cook a full meal, my problem was I was to proud and in my assessment I did not tell them how I was on a bad day, I told them that some time I could do this.

BIG Mistake, after speaking with people they told me I di not qualify because I did not tell the truth, I applied to amend my claim and had a new assessment.

I know receive the high rate of both parts of PIP.

Do not hang around.

Good luck