Blue Badge Renewal nightmare

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  • 2oldcodgers
    2oldcodgers Posts: 732 Connected
    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
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing
    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
    2oldcodgers Posts: 732 Connected
    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. 

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