Thought you might be interested in my first success as a trainee at Brent CAB - a disability benefits appeal:
***Disability Benefits Success***
Adviser Becky recently helped a client successfully appeal against a decision to stop DLA for her twin sons.
Ms Honrado's two sons are 16 but because of their learning difficulties they only have the mental age of a nine year old. They also suffer from ADHD, which means they need almost constant supervision from their mother or a classroom assistant to avoid accidents.
Before their 16th birthday they had been receiving low rate care DLA, then Ms Honrado was sent a letter saying the benefit would be stopped, despite there being no change in her sons' circumstances.
Our Brent CAB adviser appealed the decision, sending medical reports from the twins' school and medical specialist. She argued that the twins' were actually entitled to more benefit as they needed supervision whilst walking and almost constant attentiom inside. As a result, the appeal was successful and the twins will now receive middle rate care and low rate mobility DLA!
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