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12 years 2 months ago #78801 by paul mc garrie
DLA for my child was created by paul mc garrie
cHi there what a great deal of advice on here really useful ,

but my question is i have a disabled child who has downs sydrome , and we have lost our mobility side of it ,
we are going to appeal as we got the letter from them today explaining why she has been refused the higher rate mobility is,

she can run out of a class room which will be no more than 20 feet ??

and she can walk 100 yards , even thought it might take us 30 minutes to go that distance ,

and the another reason is night time i have to take her to the toilet at night and we put around 11 oclock ,
quote from them (jodie is taken to the toilet at 11.00pm at night and then settles down in bed, this could reasonably consider to be before the household closed down for the night ) un quote but what we put was after 11.00 she gets up 3-4 times after that for no reason , and that she gets up at
6 am every day .

it can't be right that they only pick up on small sections of the entire form to make a judgement .

paul

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12 years 2 months ago #78807 by Gordon
Replied by Gordon on topic Re:DLA for my child
Paul

You seem to be new to the forum, so you might want to have a look at the following FAQ.

Welcome to Benefits and Work

I also note that your user name may be your name. The forums are publically available for reading so you may wish to change this. See

My full name is showing, how can I stop it?

With regard to your child's DLA claim, have a look at our DLA appeal guides on the following link

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/dla/#dlaappeals

Unfortunately, the Decision Maker is entitled to choose the weight they apply to each piece of evidence, your job, in appealing, is in part to show that those choices are not reasonable.

If you have any specific questions, please come back to the forum.

Gordon

Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems

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