What age will they consider being visually impaired significant enough a disability to award DLA?
My son was born blind and for first year of his life was also on oxygen. His nurse advised claimed DLA which we did and he has it until after he was 1 when we reported that he was no longer on oxygen and they stopped it saying children his age all have significant care needs.
We applied again when he was 3 and got the same response.
When he was 5 citizen advice helped us apply again and we got rejected again with same message. They helped me appeal and it failed.
We tried again at 8 with help of a charity and RNIB and basically same thing, they understand he requires extra support but not significant enough compared to another child of his age for an award.
He’s now 10 and I’m wondering if there’s any point trying any more or is it just that visual impairment doesn’t qualify on its own? Or am I just messing up?
