PIP – Personal Independence Payment
Although we share a similar name PIP-UK and PIP Personal Independence Payments, are two totally different entities and are in no way related. PIP Personal Independence Payments is a benefit paid by the UK government.
PIP-UK has heard from a young mum who has Poland Syndrome and suffered problems with her arm and chest causing her a lot of pain and discomfort for many years.
Six months ago she applied for the PIP Personal Independence Payment and was unsuccessful. This month she attended an appeal meeting to review this decision and was delighted to learn that the previous decision was overturned and she is eligible and will now receive PIP payments.
Persistence pays!
If you have applied for and been turned down its worth appealing. If you think you are eligible then you should apply and don’t be put off by the initial decision that you receive. As with the young mum above if you don’t succeed at first don’t give up, follow the appeals process.
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) helps with some of the extra costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability if you’re aged 16 to 64.
You could get between £21.80 and £139.75 a week.
The rate depends on how your condition affects you, not the condition itself.
You’ll need an assessment to work out the level of help you get. Your rate will be regularly reassessed to make sure you’re getting the right support.
This link will tell you all you need to know about PIP, if you are eligible, how to apply etc.
https://www.gov.uk/pip/overview
We would love to hear from you and your own experience of applying for PIP. If we can share our experiences we can help others. Please let us know by email or in our comments section if you have anything you could share with others.
I have just started the process of applying for PIP as I suffer from polands syndrome on my left side and have a small hand. any help with the forms would be gratefully received.
Hi Philip, apologies for the delay, I have not been getting the notifications for comments. We don’t have any experience with the forms unfortunately, but happy to talk anything else Poland Syndrome related. You can reach me via e-mail sam.pipuk@gmail.com
Hi Philip
Saw your comment here and just wondering if you managed to get anywhere with your claim. I have left sided Poland’s no hand issues, however get chronic pain in shoulder/chest/back which they have not diagnosed but see herniated disc and ceophytes in MRI but have put down pain to the condition in general. Have attended pain clinic as a result. This has led to me taking redundancy in work as the pain/discomfort is aggravated in work. So I am wondering if I can make a claim for PIP. Any advice will be much appreciated.
Hi, I’m just waiting for my claim form to arrive, how did you guys get on?
I have left hand Poland’s syndrome I applied for pip and got declined went to a tribunal and got told I wasn’t entitled to it