d l a help ......

JR

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If you did not complete the form in detail about your on-going Care needs when you asked for a Mobility award, then it is likely when they looked at your form they decided that you no longer qualified for a Care award.

I am afraid your options are extremely limited, all you can do is appeal the Decision, the first stage to this is for you to request a Mandatory Reconsideration, see our DLA MR and Appeal Guide for an explanation of the process.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/dla/#dlaappeals

I would also recommend that you have a look at DLA Claim guides, top of the page on the above link.

There is an opportunity for you to submit additional evidence or clarification of your DLA form as part of the MR process, revision rates have improved significantly so it is well worth your doing this.

You can make a new claim for PIP, some claimants have found the new benefit easier to be awarded than DLA because of the nature of their problems, but you need to be aware that applying for PIP will supersede any Tribunal Decision in the long term, so if you won your appeal but failed to be awarded PIP, then the DLA would only be paid for a further four weeks after any PIP Decision.

It may help you if you can get face to face advice from a trained advisor, they will be able to calculate your potential payments before you proceed, do an internet search for "welfare advice" with your postcode, town, or county.

If we can help you further then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help you.

Gordon