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Pip assessment
Recently had an assessment at home and didn't recive any points for loss of hearing and tintinus. This was diagnosed at my local nhs hospital and states tinnitus in both ears and 30% earing loss. Should this score points on pip descriptor.
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Good morning, I’m not one of the experienced/ knowledgeable people on here, but what I will say and all these people I’ve just mentioned will also say,it’s not your illness/ condition/ disability that they award points for.
You are awarded points for how the illness/condition/ disability affects you in your daily life.
Im sure that at least one of the experienced people will give you some valuable advise and explain in more detail to what I’ve said and to help you if you go for an MR.
Good luck and I hope I’ve helped a little to understand the process.😀😀😀
@Gwendoline1 is absolutely spot on
You need to look at the bigger picture/ out of the box.
What the more experienced people on here will say is look at scenarios that affects you in your daily life.
Im really not the right person to give you advice.
I hope poppy123456 reads your post, she’s really good at giving strong, structured, honest advice. There are also a number of others on here who’ll equally give brilliant advice too.
Good luck. 😀😀😀
Struggling to concentrate or to hear other conversations is ball park but doesn’t really tell us much. I have tinnitus but better hearing than you. I struggle to hear any conversation where there’s a crowd; some level of background noise; more than one person talking or someone not facing towards me. That would still score me nil points on DL 7 or 9.
I've worked all my life. Never asked or been given anything. The rules the dwp set out rain washed me has I've never had to do this before. So I took advice from. This foram and saw my cab office after my assessment they saw the response of the assement and pointed out that they should have awarded points. Find your reply opposit to the cab advice.