Arthritis and joint pain
Arthritis is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in a joint. The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Joint pain is a very common problem with many possible causes, but is often a result of injury or arthritis.
Note: Although disablement must be caused by a physical or mental health condition, it is the needs and difficulties that result which will determine entitlement rather than the condition itself. As a result, whilst the case law below may be of assistance, it will be important to also look at the case law relating to the activities and issues that affect you too.
Case law
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Limitations in making budgeting decisions may flow from physical disabilities alone but only in rare cases
- [2016] UKUT 393 (AAC)
- CPIP/1491/2016
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An aid normally used by a person with no disability is only an ‘aid’ for the purposes of the PIP descriptors if sufficiently ‘connected’ to the relevant activity
- [2016] UKUT 197 (AAC)
- Reported as [2016] AACR 44
- CPIP/3369/2015
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Where a claimant suffers from two or more conditions, probability of PIP descriptors applying on more than 50 per cent of days must be calculated
- [2015] UKUT 620 (AAC)
- UK/972/2015
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Levered taps are an ‘aid’ for the purposes of preparing food in activity 1
- [2015] UKUT 546 (AAC)
- CPIP/1695/2015