DLA supersession

Hello, I was awarded ESA (wrag) by the Tribunal in May 2011. Needless to say, DWP put me through the mill again and I had another medical in Dec 2011. My Wrag status was continued but as I had deteriorated I put a new appeal in for support group as I felt that the Decision maker had interpreted the ATOS Drs clinical findings incorrectly.At this time I also applied for and got DLA low care, but no mobility based on the results of this medical. My ESA appeal was last week. The Tribunal team rang me on the day to say I didn't need to go as they had awarded me support group already. The descriptor they awarded me was Activity 1, cannot mobilise more than 50m repeatedly. Should I now ask DWP to superseed the award of low care to add the mobilty componant.?

I would expect Activity 1 to back-up your request for HRM (which you already have) but not for care - unless you can show how your inability to repeatedly mobilise 50m adversely affects your ability to self care.

I get low care rate because ai have RA in my hands so qualify for "help to prepare a meal". As I also have RA in my feet plus other mobilty issues, thats why I thought I might qualify for mobility, even if it was low rate.

I am sorry, I mis-read your original post and thought that you currently had HRM and wanted to ask for the care element (rather than the opposite, which is what I now understand to be the case)!

I wasn't aware of that Gordon. I thought high rate care applied only if you can't walk at all. In all fairness, I can walk, but there are days when I have great difficulty. RA is quite unpredictable. I think I mighht apply andsee how it goes. At the moment I am on a high anyway because I waited 14 months for my ESA tribunal, I havn't had any money ( apart from £20 DLA) so now I will (hopefully) get some backpay.