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5 years 8 months ago #214522 by lizzy0511
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Hello, ive done most of the form an have past and upto date evidence ready to send off this week, can i just check please the mobility question q13.. is it solely for people with proven mental health conditions? i get very anxious going out because of my condition, and i have one letter from a few years ago which says i am depressed, is this enough for me to be able to get maybe some points on this one?
q 4..... i struggle from the outset of any walking due to pain and discomfort, every foot step hurts, but unsure if i should tick less than 20 metre box?

also on most of the questions is it best to say how long each activity can take, im running out of space to write more! i dont want to distract them by sending in more and more pages of extra information, what do you think? many thanks

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5 years 8 months ago #214539 by Gordon
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liz

For Going Out; If you do not have cognitive or sensory issue then you will need to show that you suffer "overwhelming psychological distress" in order to meet (e) for being unable to undertake a journey, or (d) or (f) for being unable to follow a route.

Anxiety is unlikely to be considered sufficient to meet this criteria, however, you have nothing to lose by making your arguments.

For Moving Around you need to specify the distance that you can reliably walk on the majority of days.

You are not required to walk pain free but any pain that restricts the distance that you can walk should be taken into account.

Specifically for the Moving Around activity, if you are able to walk but you are in severe pain when doing so, then you can argue that your walking is not to a necessary standard and should be disregarded.

The legal test requires you to stand and then move (walk), so if you have problems getting up then you should document these as well.

If you walk slowly then it must take you at least twice the time to cover the 20m as a healthy person would, this could be down to the speed of your walking but could also be the result of having to stop.

You must be able to repeat the distance, so if you could walk it once but not then be able to walk it again within a reasonable timescale then you should be classed as unable to repeat the activity.

I'm afraid I can't tell you how to show your walking is more restricted but things you need to think about is what you can't do, for example what can you walk in your house, how far is the toilet from where you normally sit, things that will count against you are any trips that you make outside, so for example, how do you do your shopping?

Gordon

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