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sheilz11
sheilz11 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited December 2017 in PIP, DLA, ADP & AA
hi, will getting taxis on my own to hospital appointments affect my mobility pip claim thanks ?

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  • Nystagmite
    Nystagmite Online Community Member Posts: 595 Empowering
    No it won't. It's not as if you've said you can only walk 20 metres and are out walking a few miles each day.

    The DWP do accept that as a disabled person, your disability will in general, vary.
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Online Community Member Posts: 5,188 Championing
    Hi sheilz and welcome

    The mobilty component has two parts, planning and following journeys and moving around. Whether using taxis affects your claim will depend on why you use them.

    Can you give us some more detail as to why you use taxis ?

    CR
  • sheilz11
    sheilz11 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    hi, thankyou for your reply , but i did say i could only walk up to 20 metres at my  assesment, as the assessor asked how would i get there without support thankyou.
  • sheilz11
    sheilz11 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    hi, my assessor asked me how i would get there if my son couldnt take me thanks..
  • sheilz11
    sheilz11 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    as i cannot drive on my medication thanks.
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Online Community Member Posts: 5,188 Championing
    As you are claiming for the moving around component the use of a taxi is not relevant. more so would be the distance that you walked to the assessment

    CR
  • sheilz11
    sheilz11 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    hi, oh i see ..social services took me to my assessment and it was less than 20mtrs that i had to walk thanks.
  • Matilda
    Matilda Online Community Member Posts: 2,592 Championing
    Assessors and tribunals will take the need to take taxis as evidence that someone cannot use public transport.

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