Little-known medical conditions that mean you qualify for the £150 cost of living payment – do you need to apply?

MILLIONS of households with disabilities will start receiving a £150 cost of living payment from today – but some may miss out.

Six million people are due to receive the £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment over the next few weeks.

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The tax-free cash will be paid directly into recipients’ bank accounts between today and July 4.

But some people who are eligible could miss out because they don’t realise their medical condition means they qualify.

If you have a condition that entitles you to the £150, you would have to apply for one of the qualifying benefits below before you would get it.

Here we explain how to get the £150 payment and all the little-known medical conditions that could mean you are entitled to the cash.

How do I get the £150 payment?

To get the £150 cost of living payment, you have to already be receiving any one of the below benefits:

• Disability Living Allowance
• Personal Independence Payment
• Attendance Allowance
• Scottish Disability Benefits (Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment)
• Armed Forces Independence Payment
• Constant Attendance Allowance
• War Pension Mobility Supplement

Those who were already receiving one of these benefits in April will get their payment over the next few weeks.

If you were or are awarded a qualifying benefit at a later date, you will still get the £150 automatically – it will just come after July 4.

Could I be eligible for the cash?

There is a huge list of medical conditions that could mean you qualify for the £150 payment.

This is because they would make you eligible for one of the above benefits.

Below are some conditions which you may not realise could qualify for Personal Independence Payment:

• Skin conditions that inhibit your everyday life
• Eye problems, such as low vision
• Migraines
• Tourette’s syndrome
• Writer’s cramp
• Anxiety
• Panic attacks
• Asthma
• Depression
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

There are also some little-known conditions that could entitle you to the Disability Living Allowance. These include:

• Multiple Allergy Syndrome
• Frailty
• Asthma
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Skin disease
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Back pain

You may also be entitled to claim Attendance Allowance with some little-known conditions. However, you must also be state pension age or older.

Some medical conditions you may not realise entitle you to Attendance Allowance include:

• Back pain
• Frailty
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Chronic Pain Syndromes
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Multiple Allergy Syndrome
• Skin disease

Contact the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to find out what you could be entitled to.

Do you have a money problem that needs sorting? Get in touch by emailing [email protected]

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk