He has moderate cerebral palsy, kidney and heart problems.
He falls over a lot and can't walk far SAFELY.
He used to get higher rate care and higher rate mobility.
His mum - yes his mum, became vindictive when he left home to escape abuse. His mum told the DWP that his condition was cured and improved and that she felt he did not need DLA.
My friend had his benefit stopped.
After a fight he managed to regain low rate care and in the end higher rate mobility apparently on the condition he used it for a car.
This was done on thin evidence apparently due to the DWP loosing past documents.
I have told him to put in for PIP as his circumstances have got worse and the fact that he was always in a bad position anyway - why he never challenged his mums nasty behaviour I'll never know.
What would he ideally need to show his CP has got worse?
Could he not in theory challenge what happend with the DWP decision to lower - as a result of his mums behaviour, which was some years ago now?
He is also under the impression that he can not give his car up as he was told by the DWP he regained his HRM on the basis he had a car on motabillity. - surely he has this wrong?
He surely does have the high rate mobility wrong, he does not have to spend it on a car, it is his to dispose as he sees fit.
He has probably lost the opportunity to fight any further what his mum did to him. He should have fought a lot harder when she did it. Obviously PiP is different to DLA and he has to consider the possibility of losing some or all of his benefit although he may regain some or all of it by appealing.
