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I am having great difficulty in getting my DLA care allowance changed from low care to high care

i have applied three separate times to have my low care disability allowance increased, but they just keep saying that my condition has not changed since I originally applied for it, the fact alone that I am now 73, and applied when I was 40 ? Since first applying I have had a slight stroke that has altered my balance. Been diagnosed with Ischemic heart and Colon,and my Osteoporosis has become unbareable. So how can they refuse my request and say my condition hasn’t changed in all the years since.
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The care component ofc, is completely separate from the mobility component which is much more related to what is wrong with you.
TK
Also worth knowing that whether your condition has changed is irrelevant. What matters is how it impacts on your need for attention or supervision on connection with bodily functions.
So, your if you had 1 level of pain and (and this is grossly simplifying) and let’s say it impacted bathing, dressing and toileting. Your pain could go up by a factor of 10 but if it still only impacts bathing, dressing and toileting then your DLA correctly remains unchanged.