I repped for a client whoser child born with brittle bone disease. Slightest movements would cause fractures. Mother and father put through courses in Leeds on how to change and wash the kid so as not to break every bone in his body.
DLA-kicked in the nuts.
Uproar from nurses, consultants, GP, evidence all over the place in support of the claim. Revision turned down.
At appeal the chair took a minute to ask how the couple were coping, awarded full care rate and then told the confused parents to go home.
God bless him
I,m certain I saw a
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