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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2615494" data-attributes="member: 196898">Having worked alongside many other diabetics, I can say that PIP is not easy to obtain unless it has become debillitating because of associated problems that prevent you working.  If you are not dependant on carers then again success would not be easy.  I have a friend and he was offered a job some 40 miles from home, and had his benefits reduced because he was unable to sensibly get to the location, so turned it down  He is only just mobile as he has developed claudication.in my town, the DHSS office is up two flight of stairs.  If you can make the trip, you are considered able to work.  There is a lift but it is not for the general public, and I was refused access to get to the appointment when I needed it.  There was a way to apply for at home assessment  but only if you are registered as being cared for by local authority. They do not make it easy for anyone.good Luck.  It took my wife over 6 months of being housebound with daily carers before she got her PIP  Thanks to the Parkinsons charity for their support in filling in the many pages of the application forms.</blockquote>

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