DLA for eye sight loss?
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sueblou
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hi everyone i am new on here so please treat me gently lolx
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i had a stroke three years ago and it took my sight from my left eye and left me with short term memory loss i was already on d .l.a. so haver tried to claim for the eye sight loss as i was advised at the citizens advice
that they might take away my d .l .a has any one on here got any ideas about this
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Hello @sueblou and a warm welcome to the community. Good to have you with us.
I'm not able to advise on benefits in detail but we have some excellent people here who are and who will get back to you as soon as they can.
Bear with us, and keep in touch.
Warmest best wishes,
Richard
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Hi @sueblou
The RNIB have a PIP toolkit that might help you with your applications, you can find it here.
If you need some one to one support, you can call the helpline on 0808 800 3333
Good luck and let us know if we can help furtherScope
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