Blue Badge Renewal nightmare

2oldcodgers

poppy123456 said:

Yet i gave you advice on a previous thread to send any relevant evidence you have to support her claim. You can see your thread here. https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/107515/applying-for-a-bb-and-looking-for-offers-of-help-for-the-verbal-and-physical-assessment/p1 Look at my first comment in that thread...

"Just send any relevant evidence you have to support her claim".

It's not the LA's responsibility to tell you what type of evidence to send to support a claim.

It's the same as claiming disability benefits, if you have relevant supporting evidence, why wouldn't you send it?

It seems like you make things a lot more difficult that what they really are.

I know you did but in that post as with other ones I had been questioning  about the assessment - not how to apply in the first place.
The application had already been submitted when I wrote the post.
In regard to both of our disability benefits no evidence was submitted with those claims. Obviously I then challenged both decisions and with the help of our GP when we knew what the DWP wanted (via telephone conversations with the DWP decision makers) completed letters stating facts based on the medication prescribed, why it was prescribed etc and in my wife's case (AA) details of what equipment had been supplied for her by Social Services and why.
Both went from no award for both to High rate AA for my wife (for life) and Enhanced both for me (PIP) for 10 years.
Once we knew what the DWP wanted and why, we arranged for that evidence to be made available.

As with her BB applications I had no idea what they wanted to see. The BB system is that you either fail or pass based entirely on the walking test and answers to any questions asked by the assessor. She failed the walking test every time which was the end of the application. Being stoic she tried her best to walk as normal as she could despite the pain she was feeling as that is what she believed was required of her. 

poppy123456

@2oldcodgers why are you talking about an AA award? This doesn’t automatically entitle your wife to a BB so it’s irrelevant. 

If you did provide evidence for the BB then I can see why she’s been refused. 

2oldcodgers

poppy123456 said:

@2oldcodgers why are you talking about an AA award? This doesn’t automatically entitle your wife to a BB so it’s irrelevant. 

If you did provide evidence for the BB then I can see why she’s been refused. 

I know that. I was referring to your comment about sending in supporting evidence for our disability benefits - AA as is the case for my wife.
The situation of the BB for her and likewise for the majority of applicants who do not have an automatic right, no matter what paperwork or evidence of infirmity there is it cannot show/demonstrate walking ability. The real test for mobility is the walking assessment that is carried out by an assessor for the council. The decision hinges on that test in the real world.
As was in my case for the PIP MR. What changed the mind of the DWP was a report from years ago that due to a sports injury back in 1981 and a walking test in the hospital outpatients some 15 years ago on one of their walking machines that showed that I kept falling off the machine after just a couple of metres. The GP put all of that together for me in a report for the DWP.

 

poppy123456

2oldcodgers said:

poppy123456 said:

@2oldcodgers why are you talking about an AA award? This doesn’t automatically entitle your wife to a BB so it’s irrelevant. 

If you did provide evidence for the BB then I can see why she’s been refused. 

I know that. I was referring to your comment about sending in supporting evidence for our disability benefits - AA as is the case for my wife.

You've misunderstood what i said. My advice about sending evidence was referring to the BB application. Medical evidence can also be sent to support this too and not just disability benefit claims.

Many people are awarded a blue badge with supporting medical evidence. With all due respect you do seem to make it rather difficult for yourself.

2oldcodgers

poppy123456 said:

You've misunderstood what i said. My advice about sending evidence was referring to the BB application. Medical evidence can also be sent to support this too and not just disability benefit claims.

Many people are awarded a blue badge with supporting medical evidence. With all due respect you do seem to make it rather difficult for yourself.

Not so our council it seems. An automatic walking assessment is guaranteed for all but excluding those who have an automatic right.
Not so, we follow the rules as dictated to us.