The commissioner in R(IB)2/98 held that -
'... the matters specified in Part II of the Schedule under the heading 'Mental Disabilities', can qualify for 'points' only if they result from 'mental disablement' (reg. 24). In other words, they must not be mere matters of mood but must relate to a recognisable mental disablement, in the nature of an illness and not shared by healthy members of the population. The generality of such a phrase as 'often sits for hours doing nothing' (para. 15(b)), for example, must be restricted to such a state resulting from a definite mental disability.'
As a consequence, I'm not sure whether in your client's case you would therefore need to have it first accepted that he was suffering from a mental illness (albeit one brought on by his physical problems).
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