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13 years 9 hours ago #53084 by Cookie
Hello, this is the first time I've used the forum. I've used the search function, but can't find anything related to the info I'm looking for, so here I go with my topic.

A friend of mine wants to claim AA, and I'm trying to help him with it. He has prostate cancer for which he is currently having radiotherapy; he also has a dizziness problem caused by narrowing of the arteries in his neck.

Firstly, we'd like to know the best way of using his cancer diagnosis to further a claim for AA, and secondly we'd like to know whether mentioning the fact that he still drives on the days when his dizziness doesn't affect him badly would go against him in any way? Obviously, we want to be truthful, so is there any recommended way of wording any comments about this on his claim form?

Any help gratefully appreciated.

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13 years 8 hours ago #53087 by Survivor
Replied by Survivor on topic Re: Attendance Allowance, driving & cancer
AA doesn't have a mobility element, and many people on DLA who drive get the care element of DLA, so being able to drive is not necessarily a problem when it comes to getting AA.

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13 years 8 hours ago #53090 by Survivor
Replied by Survivor on topic Re: Attendance Allowance, driving & cancer
What matters for AA is not the diagnosis, but the care needs. For more detailed advice on what is relevant, see the guide to AA in the DLA section of the Help for Claimants area of the site.

It doesn't matter if he's not dizzy every day. What matters is how he is most of the time and what needs arise from that.

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12 years 11 months ago #53220 by mayflower
Replied by mayflower on topic Re: Attendance Allowance, driving & cancer
Hi Cookie
Dizziness is a condition which a driver needs to tell the DVLA about. Information at:
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLice...MedicalA-Z/DG_185429

Also your friend should inform his car insurance company about his health problems becuase if he is involved in any accident whilstdriving & makes a claim on his policy it will almost certainly at best be a reduced payout & at worst dismissed on the grounds that he had failed to inform them of a change in his circumstances.

maggie

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12 years 11 months ago #53268 by originaldave
Replied by originaldave on topic Re:Attendance Allowance, driving & cancer
Cookie wrote:

Hello, this is the first time I've used the forum. I've used the search function, but can't find anything related to the info I'm looking for, so here I go with my topic.

A friend of mine wants to claim AA, and I'm trying to help him with it. He has prostate cancer for which he is currently having radiotherapy; he also has a dizziness problem caused by narrowing of the arteries in his neck.

Firstly, we'd like to know the best way of using his cancer diagnosis to further a claim for AA, and secondly we'd like to know whether mentioning the fact that he still drives on the days when his dizziness doesn't affect him badly would go against him in any way? Obviously, we want to be truthful, so is there any recommended way of wording any comments about this on his claim form?

Any help gratefully appreciated.


he should not be driving as he has dizziness he has to tell the dvla

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLice...MedicalA-Z/DG_185429

you cant pick and choose what are your good days its dangerous and puts lives at risk he has have to tell them they will contact gp and anyone else they feel can give then evidance and they will make a decsion

driving when un fit is as bad as drunk driving

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12 years 11 months ago #53270 by originaldave

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