Fibromyalgia: Social Security Benefits
(asked on 5th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether applicants suffering from Fibromyalgia are refused benefits because the condition is not recognised as sufficiently serious to cause disability.
This question was answered on 12th September 2016
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recognises Fibromyalgia as a real and potentially significantly disabling condition. Where a clinical diagnosis of Fibromyalgia has been made full account will be taken of its functional effects when determining benefit entitlement.