DWP list of 87 muscle and joint health conditions that could get you £737 in PIP payments

If you have a joint or muscle condition that affects your daily life, you could be eligible for £737 a month from the Department for Work and Pensions.

Latest figures from the DWP show there are more than 1.1 million people receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for musculoskeletal conditions. Musculoskeletal conditions are injuries and disorders that affect the body's movement or musculoskeletal system such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, discs and blood vessels.

Arthritis is a general term that refers to many of these different conditions, however, some common conditions include osteoarthritis, back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, gout, polymyalgia rheumatica, lupus and ankylosing spondylitis. If you have one of these conditions, you could claim PIP from the DWP.

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PIP is a benefit which is paid to people who have long-term mental or physical health conditions or disabilities. Unlike other benefits, you can get PIP even if you’re working, have savings or are getting most other benefits, reports the Mirror.

The amount you can be paid is dependent on the impact your health condition or disability has on your ability to do day to day tasks - not on the condition itself. This means a whole raft of conditions - including musculoskeletal conditions - can be eligible to claim.

PIP is made up of two components - a daily living rate and a mobility rate - and you can be entitled to both or just one of these. These components are then split again, into the standard rate and the enhanced rate. Currently, the standard rate for daily living sits at £72.65 and the enhanced is £108.55. For the mobility component, the standard rate is £28.70 a week and the enhanced is £75.75.

Below is a list of musculoskeletal conditions which could make you eligible for PIP - however it's important to remember that this is not a definitive list. So if your condition does not appear, don't be put off making a claim as it is about how the condition affects you, not the condition itself.

87 musculoskeletal conditions that could get you PIP

General 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

• Tumours of bone - benign

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

Regional conditions

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