Our client has been in receipt of high rate mobility DLA for many years. She is 78 years old. Her daughter claimed AA because she had care needs. She was refused and came to seek advice. My take is that she should not pursue the appeal. Instead she should pursue claiming DLA care component. My reasoning being that this is the benefit she should have claimed in the first place. However, I have several unanswered questions. Could she pursue her AA appeal without risk to her DLA component? If so could she also claim AA at the same time as DLA and if so would this completely protect her mobility component form scrutiny?
thanks Angela
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