After nearly two years and going through the system, with a PIP exam, then a mandatory consideration, then a Tribunal Appeal, finally won Standard care and mobility and ESA severe disability premium, both backdated for length of claim. Govt. seem oblivious to real need and just do not care about genuinely disabled people. Thankyou for a brilliant website.
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