DWP could pay you £691 a month if you have one of these 87 medical conditions

26 January 2024 , 12:43

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PIP is a disability benefit paid by the DWP (Image: Getty Images)

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could pay you £691 a month if you have one of these 87 musculoskeletal conditions.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a disability benefit paid to people who have long-term mental or physical health conditions or disabilities. According to the latest DWP data, around three million people currently claim it in the UK. PIP is awarded not for the condition or disability you have, but for how it affects your daily life. The more your disability or medical condition impacts your ability to take on daily tasks, the more money you can be entitled to.

PIP is made up of two components - a daily living rate and a mobility rate - and it is then split again into the standard rate and an enhanced rate. You can claim both components at the same time. For the daily living rate, you can either get £68.10 or £101.75 a week and for mobility, you can either get £26.90 or £71. If you are eligible for both enhanced rates you can get £172.75 a week or £691 every month - these rates will rise from April 2024.

Due to the criteria of PIP, it means that a broad range of conditions and disabilities can make you eligible to claim and this includes a whole list of musculoskeletal conditions. These are conditions relating to the muscles and skeleton including bones, joints, and tendons.

Arthritis is a general term that refers to many of these different conditions, however, some common conditions include osteoarthritis, back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis.

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Below is the list of 87 musculoskeletal conditions being supported through PIP. It is not definitive, so if your condition does not appear, don't be put off making a claim as an award for PIP is about how the condition affects you, not the condition itself.

Musculoskeletal conditions - general

Osteoarthritis

• Osteoarthritis of Hip
• Osteoarthritis of Knee
• Osteoarthritis of other single joint
• Primary generalised Osteoarthritis

Chronic pain syndrome

• Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
• Fibromyalgia
• Pain syndromes - Chronic - Other / type not known

Inflammatory arthritis

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Arthritis - Psoriatic
• Arthritis - Reactive
• Inflammatory arthritis - Other / type not known
• Juvenile chronic arthritis (Still's disease)
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Crystal deposition disorders

• Crystal deposition disorders - Other / type not known
• Gout
• Pseudogout

Osteonecrosis and osteochondritis

• Osteochondritis
• Osteonecrosis

Metabolic and endocrine disorders

• Osteomalacia
• Osteoporosis
• Other metabolic and endocrine disorders of musculoskeletal system
• Paget's disease
• Rickets

Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations

• Achondroplasia
• Epiphyseal dysplasia - multiple
• Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations - Other / type not known
• Hereditary multiple exostosis (diaphyseal aclasis)
• Hypermobility syndrome
• Marfan's syndrome
• Osteogenesis imperfecta

Benign tumours of bone

• Tumours of bone - benign

Fracture complications

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• Compartment syndrome (Volkmann's ischaemia)
• Fracture complications - Other / type not known
• Sudek's atrophy
• Other generalised musculoskeletal conditions

Musculoskeletal conditions - regional

Shoulder disorders

• Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
• Rotator cuff disorder
• Shoulder disorders - Other / type not known
• Shoulder instability

Elbow disorders

• Elbow disorders - Other / type not known
• Golfers elbow (medial epicondylitis)
• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)

Wrist and hand disorders

1. Carpal tunnel syndrome
2. Dupuytren's contracture
3. Tendon lesions
4. Tenosynovitis
5. Wrist and hand disorders - Other / type not known

Neck disorders

• Cervical disc lesion
• Cervical spondylosis
• Neck disorders - Other / type not known
• Whiplash injury

Back pain

• Back pain - Non specific (mechanical)
• Specific back pain
• Back pain - Specific - Other / type not known
• Kyphosis
• Lumbar disc lesion
• Lumbar spondylosis (OA spine)
• Schuermann's disease
• Scoliosis
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis

Hip disorders

• Dislocation of the hip - congenital
• Hip disorders - Other / type not known
• Perthes disease
• Slipped upper femoral epiphysis

Knee disorders

• Bursitis
• Chondromalacia patellae
• Knee disorders - Other / type not known
• Ligamentous instability of knee
• Meniscal lesions
• Osgood schlatters disease
• Osteochondritis dissecans
• Patellar dislocation - Recurrent

Ankle and foot disorders

• Ankle and foot disorders - Other / type not known
• Club foot (talipes)
• Fore foot pain (Metatarsalgia)
• Hallux valgus /rigidus

Amputations

• Amputation - Lower limb(s)
• Amputation - Upper limb(s)
• Amputations - Upper & Lower limb/s

Injuries/fracture/Dislocation

• Abdomen - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of
• Lower limb - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of
• Multiple - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation
• Pelvis - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of
• Spine - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of
• Thorax - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of
• Upper limb - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of

Other regional musculoskeletal disease

• Musculoskeletal disease - Regional / Localised - Other / type not known

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