Nice(ish) DLA dilemma

Victoria

An unusual request on the forum.

Higher Rate Mobility is awarded to claimants who are unable to walk or are virtually unable to walk.

Just to confirm;

- You do not believe that you meet the requirements for HRM and do not have problems walking or if you, you do not believe that you are so restricted as to meet the requirements.

- Lower Rate Mobility is awarded to claimants who are unable to go out or if they do, would be unable to successfully plan and navigate a route to a destination. You believe that you meet these criteria.

I have to say that I find it odd that two separate assessments would result in an award of HRM if you did not meet the criteria. Providing you have been open and honest on your DLA renewal forms, there should be no reason for the Decision Maker to make an inappropriate award, however, if you genuinely believe that you do not qualify for HRM then I would write to the DWP explaining your concerns and ask them to look at the award again to confirm whether it is correct.

This may be treated as a Mandatory Reconsideration, but also might be dealt with as administrative exercise.

Without more information it is difficult to say whether they would expand any review to include your new Care award, but I do have to warn you that the criteria for HRM and LRM are sufficiently divergent that not qualifying for HRM does not mean that you do qualify for LRM.

Gordon