bursitis

[kiwee]

Hello I am new here. I have bursitis. its very painful. can I claim disability for this condition. as its taken over my life. and can not live a normal life, without being in pain.

[Bananas5]

I can't do links sso this is a copy of Gov UK info.

They will look at how your condition affects your ability to carry out a number of tasks..called descriptors.. They aren't bothered at what is wrong with you!

You are better asking for help from your CAB or come back here and ask. Will help where we can.

Good Luck

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Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

Overview

Eligibility

What you’ll get

How to claim

Change of circumstances

4. How to claim

You can make a new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim by calling the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Someone else can call on your behalf, but you’ll need to be with them when they call. There are also other ways to claim if you find it difficult to use a telephone.

The process is different in Northern Ireland.

Claim by telephone or textphone

Before you call, you’ll need:

your contact details, for example telephone number

your date of birth

your National Insurance number - this is on letters about tax, pensions and benefits

your bank or building society account number and sort code

your doctor or health worker’s name, address and telephone number

dates and addresses for any time you’ve spent abroad, in a care home or hospital

You can then call the PIP claims line.

DWP - PIP claims

Telephone: [phone]

Textphone: 0800 917 7777

Calling from abroad: [phone]

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

Find out about call charges

What happens next

You’ll be sent a ‘How your disability affects you’ form. Call the PIP enquiry line if you need it in an alternative format such as braille, large print or audio CD.

Fill in the form using the notes that come with it to help you. You can also read Citizens Advice’s help on filling in the form.

Return the form to DWP - the address is on the form.

To assess the level of help you need, an independent health professional will either invite you to a meeting or ask your health or social care worker for information.

If you’re invited to a meeting, you’ll be asked questions about your ability to carry out activities and how your condition affects your daily life. The meeting can be either at your home or at an assessment centre, and will take about an hour. You can read Citizens Advice’s help on preparing for an assessment.

You’ll get a letter that tells you whether you’ll get PIP. If you do, you’ll be told how much you’ll get and the date it will be reviewed so that you continue to get the right support.

You can’t apply using any Disability Living Allowance (DLA) forms you may have.

Other ways to claim

If you find it difficult to use the telephone, you can claim by post or by using a text relay or video relay service.

Send information by post

You can get a form to send information by post (although this can delay the decision on your claim). Write a letter to ask for the form.

Personal Independence Payment New Claims

Post Handling Site B

Wolverhampton

WV99 1AH

Text relay

If you can’t hear or speak on the phone you can use the Next Generation Text (NGT) relay service.

NGT relay service

Dial: 18001 then 0800 917 2222

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

Find out about call charges

Video relay

If you’re deaf and use British Sign Language (BSL) you may be able to use a video relay service:

first check you can use the service

go to the video relay service

The service is available Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.

If you’re terminally ill

You can get PIP more quickly if you’re not expected to live more than 6 months.

Call DWP to start your PIP claim. Ask a doctor or other healthcare professional for form DS1500. They’ll either fill it in and give the form to you or send it directly to DWP.

You won’t need to complete the ‘How your disability affects you’ form or go to a face-to-face consultation.

Video relay service if you’re terminally ill

If you’re deaf and use British Sign Language (BSL) you may be able to use a video relay service:

first check you can use the service

go to the video relay service for terminally ill people

The service is available Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.

If you disagree with a decision

You can challenge a decision about your claim. This is called asking for mandatory reconsideration.

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[hypercat54]

gov.uk/

[Bananas5 in reply to hypercat54]

Thanks!

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[hypercat54 in reply to Bananas5]

If you don't know how to do links can I help at all? x

[Bananas5 in reply to hypercat54]

Yes please!

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[hypercat54 in reply to Bananas5]

Ok. I am using a PC but it might be slightly different if you are are using a different device.

Go into the website you want. Right click on the website address (where you type in the search criteria), click on copy. Then go back into where you want to post it and right click again and click on paste. x

[Bananas5 in reply to hypercat54]

Yup on PC here too.

Let me have a go...

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[Bananas5]

gov.uk/pip/how-to-claim

[hypercat54]

Yay well done. There will be no stopping you now xx

[Bananas5 in reply to hypercat54]

I only learned to copy and paste 2 years ago!! Next will be finding things in the bowels of my PC. x

[hypercat54 in reply to Bananas5]

Lol. I learn things then forget them again. It's like there is a hole in my head and stuff leaks out... x

[Bananas5 in reply to hypercat54]

Don't blow your nose or everything will fall out!!

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[hypercat54 in reply to Bananas5]

Ditto x

[misty14]

Hi kiwee

You've had fantastic advice about benefits. I'd just like to mention that bursitis can be treated!. I've had it several times in my hip and it's been helped by either a steroid injection or local anaesthetic injection. I've had to have several goes before it's gone completely so this is over a number of years !. I feel for you as it's such a painful condition!. How about for you?. Any treatments?. X

[Bananas5 in reply to misty14]

Has yours really gone? Usually, even with surgery to remove it, it will grow back.

[misty14 in reply to Bananas5]

Hi bananas

Yes, mine have gone, had both sides of hip affected. Gosh I didn't know that and must be very lucky!. Is that what's happened to you?. Awful!. X

[Bananas5 in reply to misty14]

Nooo...I am just blind but a carer for my husband who went through all the injections. Eventually after 5 yrs they decided it was really his hip disintegrating and gave him a new one.

Symptoms can be very similar and often an diagnostic/pain med injection is given.

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[Bea61]

Hi..I had bursitis in shoulder joint and had steriod injections which lasted me only 3months to the day!! So had to have shoulder arthroscopy etc to get movement back and kill the pain. This was 7yrs ago and to date..not had any great pain in this shoulder...you need to speak to your GP for referral...i don't think DWP would class this as a disability...Good Luck

Bea

[Hidden in reply to Bea61]

They do if it affects your life and the way you live , stops you working or being able to do normal daily tasks.

Where is your bursitis?

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[FRreedman]

It is not the disease you have, but the effect it has on you that entitles benefits.

[Mary-intussuception]

Kiwee, are you in the US or UK?

[cyberbarn]

I had bursitis in one of my knees. It lasted a few months, but it went away and never came back. To get PIP you have to have had difficulties for three months and expect it to last another nine months. It isn't easy to get PIP and as bursitis usually clears up after a few weeks in most people you might find it rather difficult to convince the DWP that you will have it for another nine months.