Medical guidance for DLA and AA decision makers

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Medical guidance
for DLA and AA
decision makers
(adult cases):
staff guide

Medical guidance for DWP staff who make decisions on adult cases for
Disability Living Allowance and for Attendance Allowance.

This guide is sometimes referred to by staff as the “A to Z of medical
conditions”.
A-Z of medical conditions
This medical guidance covers medical conditions for adults. It’s for
Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance Decision Makers
has been developed by the Department's Health and Wellbeing
Directorate with help from experts involved in patient care. It contains
background information on the more common medical conditions in
DLA/AA claims, their treatment, the likely disabling effects together with
the likely impact on ability to self care and get around.
This guide is for staff who deal with claims for DLA and AA. It covers only
the most common conditions they encounter – not all medical conditions.
Decision Makers are advised to discuss with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary.
A-Z
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W | X | Y | Z

A
Look up Condition
Achondroplasia / Restricted NHS Choices and Decision
growth Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Acne vulgaris NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Acromegaly NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Acquired Immune Deficiency HIV / AIDS
Syndrome (AIDS / Symptomatic
HIV)
ADD NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Addison’s disease NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
ADHD NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Adhesive capsulitis (Frozen NHS Choices and Decision
shoulder) Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Adjustment disorders Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Adrenal diseases:
Addison’s disease NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Cushing’s syndrome NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Adrenal disease – Other / type Decision Makers are advised to
not known discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Ageing Ageing
Agoraphobia Anxiety Disorders
AIDS (Symptomatic HIV) / AIDS HIV / AIDS
dementia complex
Alcohol misuse/dependency Alcohol related disorders
Alcohol induced cirrhosis Cirrhosis /
Alcohol Related Disorders
Allergies:
Allergy with risk of anaphylaxis NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
Allergy – risk of anaphylaxis not
known/not fully assessed
Allergy – no risk of anaphylaxis with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Oral allergy syndrome Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Food intolerance NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Alzheimer’s disease Organic Brain Disorders
Amino acid metabolism – Decision Makers are advised to
disorders of discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Amputations Amputation of limbs guidance
note
Amyloidosis NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Anaemias:
Aplastic anaemia Anaemia
B12 (Pernicious) / folate
deficiency anaemia
Iron deficiency anaemia
Anaemia – Other / type not
known
Sickle cell anaemia Sickle cell anaemia
Aneurysms:
Aneurysm – Other / type not Decision Makers are advised to
known discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
Aortic aneurysm necessary
Cerebral aneurysm NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Angioedema NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Angina Ischaemic Heart Disease
Ankle and foot disorders:
Claw/Hammer toes Claw/Hammer toes
Club foot (Talipes) NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Flat feet (Fallen arches) NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Forefoot pain (Metatarsalgia) Metatarsalgia
Hallux rigidus / valgus (Bunion) NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Plantar Fasciitis Plantar Fasciitis
Ankle and foot disorder – Other / Decision Makers are advised to
type not known discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Ankylosing spondylitis Back Pain (Specific)
Anorectal abscess NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Anorexia nervosa Eating Disorders
Antiphospholipid syndrome NHS Choices and Decision
(Hughes syndrome) Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Anxiety and depressive disorder Anxiety Disorders /
- mixed Depressive Illness
Anxiety disorders:
Agoraphobia Anxiety Disorders
Generalised anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Social phobia
Specific phobias
Anxiety disorder – Other / type
not known
Anus / Rectum – Diseases of:
Anorectal abscess NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Fistula in anus NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Haemorrhoids (Piles) NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Rectal prolapse Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Anus / rectum disease of - Other Medical Services provider if
/ type not known necessary
Aortic aneurysm Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Aortic valve disease Valvular Heart disease
Aplastic anaemia Anaemia
Apraxia Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Arterial disease (excluding Peripheral Vascular Disease
coronary) – Other / type not
known
Arthritis:
Ankylosing spondylitis Back Pain (Specific)
Generalised Osteoarthritis / Osteoarthritis
Arthritis
Osteoarthritis - hip
Osteoarthritis - knee
Osteoarthritis - other single joints
Still’s disease (Adult onset) Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Inflammatory arthritis:
Polyarthritis Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Psoriatic arthritis Medical Services provider if
necessary
Reactive arthritis/reiters NHS Choices and Decision
syndrome Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis
Inflammatory arthritis – Other / Decision Makers are advised to
type not known discuss with the Departments
• Medical Services provider if
necessary
Arthrogryposis
Arthropathy
Asbestosis NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Ascites Liver Failure
Asperger syndrome Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Asthma Asthma
Ataxias:
Friedrich’s ataxia
Ataxia – Other / type not known NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Ataxic type cerebral palsy Cerebral palsies in adults
guidance note
Atherosclerosis (PVD / Peripheral Vascular Disease
Claudication)
Athetoid type cerebral palsy Cerebral palsies in adults
guidance note
Atrial fibrillation / flutter Cardiac Arrhythmia
Atrioseptal defect Decision Makers are advised to
discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) / NHS Choices and Decision
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Makers are advised to discuss
Disorder (ADHD) with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Autism including Pervasive Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Development Disorder
Autistic Spectrum Disorders:
Asperger’s syndrome Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Autism
Rett syndrome NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to discuss
with the Departments Medical
Services provider if necessary
Autoimmune cirrhosis Cirrhosis
Autoimmune disease – Other / Decision Makers are advised to
type not known discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Autoimmune hepatitis Viral Hepatitis
Autoimmune idiopathic Decision Makers are advised to
thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP) discuss with the Departments
Medical Services provider if
necessary
Back to A - Z
B
Look up Condition
B12 (Pernicious) folate deficiency Anaemias
anaemia
Back pain – Non specific (Mechanical) Back Pain (Mechanical)
Back pain – Specific:
Ankylosing Spondylitis Back Pain (Specific)
Cauda equina
Dislocation Back Pain (Specific) /
Dislocation
Intervertebral disc disorders Back Pain (Specific)
Kyphosis
Lordosis
Lumbar disc lesion
Lumbar spondylosis (OA spine)
Schuermann’s disease
Scoliosis
Spinal osteochondrosis
Spinal stenosis
Spondylolisthesis
Vascular & nerve compression
Vertebral subluxation
• Specific back pain – Other / type not Decision Makers are
known advised to discuss with the
Departments Medical
Services provider if
necessary
Bacterial Diseases:
Tuberculosis NHS Choices and Decision
Makers are advised to
discuss with the
Departments Medical