Re: Guide to Submitting a Claim for PIP
Posted: Sun 28 Apr 2013 1:21 pm
oneeyedraz wrote:
5. Can I apply for any benefit if I decide to work on a part-time basis due to vison problems?
Here’s another example – part-time working is different now if Working Tax Credits are required [as not many part-time jobs pay enough to completely live on with no top-ups]. WTC can only be applied for if working 24 [or possibly 30] hrs a week for a single person, and there are plans for Jobcentres to apply pressure on those in receipt to acquire more hours or better pay.
If a part-timer also applies for some housing benefit again, the rules have changed i.e. cap and bedroom tax.
Applying for PIP to enable part-time working would require medical evidence – so we’re back to recognition of impairment and registration issues.
RNIB, AforB, and CAB cannot offer that medical evidence, and as for general form filling, yes they can do that, but certainly the latter for certain is massively overwhelmed because of cuts to their funding, and some areas don’t even have a local branch. I know that means going further afield to locate the next nearest but not exactly easy if struggling visually.
There have been a number of members asking if they can apply for anything and the above applies every single time – you need evidence, form filling isn’t enough.
5. Can I apply for any benefit if I decide to work on a part-time basis due to vison problems?
Here’s another example – part-time working is different now if Working Tax Credits are required [as not many part-time jobs pay enough to completely live on with no top-ups]. WTC can only be applied for if working 24 [or possibly 30] hrs a week for a single person, and there are plans for Jobcentres to apply pressure on those in receipt to acquire more hours or better pay.
If a part-timer also applies for some housing benefit again, the rules have changed i.e. cap and bedroom tax.
Applying for PIP to enable part-time working would require medical evidence – so we’re back to recognition of impairment and registration issues.
RNIB, AforB, and CAB cannot offer that medical evidence, and as for general form filling, yes they can do that, but certainly the latter for certain is massively overwhelmed because of cuts to their funding, and some areas don’t even have a local branch. I know that means going further afield to locate the next nearest but not exactly easy if struggling visually.
There have been a number of members asking if they can apply for anything and the above applies every single time – you need evidence, form filling isn’t enough.