According to recent DWP figures, there are now more than 1.1 million adults across Britain receiving PIP for over 85 musculoskeletal conditions.
If you are over 16 and under the State Pension age, you may be able to claim PIP to help with a musculoskeletal condition.
This is of course depending on if your ability to work is limited due to your symptoms. If so, you could be eligible for a ‘new style’ Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
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PIP is worth between £28.70 and £184.30 each week and as the benefit is paid every four weeks, this amounts to between £114.80 and £737.20 every pay period.
Payments are set to rise by 1.7% from April.
More details about PIP are available on the Government website here.
Below is the list of 87 musculoskeletal conditions
Do not be put off if yours is not listed, see as to why at the bottom.
Musculoskeletal Conditions
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
Fracture complications
- Compartment syndrome (Volkmann’s ischaemia)
- Fracture complications – Other / type not known
- Sudek’s atrophy
Other generalised musculoskeletal conditions
- Generalised musculoskeletal disease – Other / type not known
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
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Dupuytren’s contracture
- Tendon lesions
- Tenosynovitis
- Wrist and hand disorders – Other / type not known
Neck disorders
- Cervical disc lesion
- Cervical spondylosis
- Neck disorders – Other / type not known
- Whiplash injury
Non-specific 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
Recommended reading:
PIP claimants with musculoskeletal conditions
The latest data shows that at the end of October 2024, over one million people were receiving support through PIP for musculoskeletal conditions.
- Scotland: 22,189 (does not include case transfer or new claims of Adult Disability Payment)
- England and Wales: 1,102,325
- Living abroad: 976
- Total: 1,126,096
PIP is awarded on how the condition affects you, not the condition itself, so it is always worth checking.
