dla moblity

would it be wise to ask for current claim of mobility to be reviewed, my partners current award is low rate but he cant walk more than 40yrds without stopping due to fibromyalgia and severe pain, the gp says go for it hes willing to back him, has a cocktail of morphine, lyrica, metazapine and ibprofen,

kelly wrote:

would it be wise to ask for current claim of mobility to be reviewed, my partners current award is low rate but he cant walk more than 40yrds without stopping due to fibromyalgia and severe pain, the gp says go for it hes willing to back him, has a cocktail of morphine, lyrica, metazapine and ibprofen,

Hi,

Yes, you can ask for a review due to deterioration and thus increased needs.

However, in doing so, the DWP could review the whole claim (not just the mobility part)and there is a small chance he could lose what he has already been awarded.

For that reason, it is best practice to seek face to face help from an exprerienced adviser who can go through his claim in some depth and assess how 'safe' the current award is.

You can find details of how to find advisers in the FAQ section or the members area of this site.

Pete

on what basis is your partner receiving the low rate ? If that is a well founded and permanent problem it could mean your chances of losing the low rate are minimal. At least then you could try fgor the higher rate.

Best to see a local advice centre and go through it with them

as far as i am aware its due to mental health, partner also suffers from clinical depression with anxiety as well as fibromyalgia. OT have put in an additional stair rail , toilet rail and hearing aid compltiable smoke alarm she has also been in touch with stannah re:stairlift and has put in teh forms for a wet room due to increased needs by my partner

kelly wrote:

would it be wise to ask for current claim of mobility to be reviewed, my partners current award is low rate but he cant walk more than 40yrds without stopping due to fibromyalgia and severe pain, the gp says go for it hes willing to back him, has a cocktail of morphine, lyrica, metazapine and ibprofen,

I am no expert but before asking for a DLA review I would ask for a drug review as lyrica, metazapine don't always mix and they could (not saying they will just playing DA) say things are worse than they could be because of these drugs.

Even a doc working for DWP if asked to review paperwork should spot that, and ask questions which would not help the claim

* DA =devil's advocate