Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) - medical evidence - First-tier Tribunal can direct a medical examination and report if it considers that necessary

Personal independence payment (PIP) - aid or appliance - use of a bed when getting dressed

Personal independence payment (PIP) - descriptor 4e: 'Needs assistance to be able to get in or out of a bath or shower' - in wording 'bath or shower' the word 'or' is disjunctive, so inability to get in or out of either: a bath or a shower will suffice to apply the descriptor

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 9 'engaging with other people face to face' - difference between need for 'prompting' (descriptor 9b) and need for 'social support' (descriptor 9c)

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activities 7c 'needs communication support to be able to express or understand complex verbal information' and 9c 'needs social support to be able to engage with other people' - satisfaction of 7c does not automatically lead to satisfaction of 9c

Personal independence payment (PIP) – Descriptor 9(c) ‘needs social support to be able to engage with other people’

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility component - symptoms that are somatic in origin may be considered - ability to 'follow the route' of a journey

Personal independence payment (PIP) - transfer from disability living allowance (DLA) to PIP – claimant alleged did not report a change of circumstances – Secretary of State has a general power to initiate transfer

Personal independence payment (PIP) - Activity 1 'preparing food' - the mention of cooking using a microwave in descriptor 1 c does not refer to the heating up of ready prepared microwave meals

Personal independence payment (PIP) - transfer from disability living allowance (DLA) to PIP – date PIP commences – whether there should be a fixed or indefinite award