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5 years 9 months ago #233976 by Jeanette
Age 66 move DLA to PIP fear loose mobility award was created by Jeanette
My husband has received his letter to invite to applyy for PIP; he is age 66 and currently has a DLA award for standard care and enhanced mobility. As we all know those over retirement age making a new claim would never be awarded a mobility component and would need to apply for attendance allowance. Does anyone know of any cases where someone over retirement age has successfully transferred over to PIP and kept the mobility component or should we be realistic and thhink and prepare for it ending?
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5 years 9 months ago #234023 by Gordon
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The legislation that controls the transfer of DLA claimants to PIP suspends the age limit for awarding the PIP Mobility component so there is no reason why he cannot be awarded Mobility but be aware that the criteria is significantly more strict than the DLA equivalent. See our PIP Claim guide for details of this.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
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The legislation that controls the transfer of DLA claimants to PIP suspends the age limit for awarding the PIP Mobility component so there is no reason why he cannot be awarded Mobility but be aware that the criteria is significantly more strict than the DLA equivalent. See our PIP Claim guide for details of this.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
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5 years 9 months ago #234269 by Ruth
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We were worried too as my husband is in the same situation but he has been successful in his application.
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