Kerryb Even without physical problems you can get the mobility component if you can prove that the claimant cannot complete a journey either familiar or unfamiliar without significant assistance. Google pip guidance notes for information. I got enhanced mobility for my autistic son .the dwp caved in before it got to tribunal
This is why I felt my two both qualified for at least some payment. Neither can complete a journey without assistance and both need accompanying everywhere.
I am challenging the daughter’s claim, although there have been a series of errors on the part of Capita that have left this stringing along for over fifteen months so far since the original decision and the end of payments, but my own health is so poor (I have recently been diagnosed with a brain tumour, on top of my existing arthritic condition) that I have no energy to pursue my son’s claim. They have worn me down, and knocked the fight out of me by a series of petty actions that have just drained me of the will to challenge anything.
The system seems to be weighted against those who need the most help, and our own GP is no help at all either. To quote my daughter’s GP: “I’ve seen people with terminal cancer refused PIP, so what on earth makes you think your daughter deserves anything?” Say no more.
I’m a pretty upbeat, optimistic person in general, but this is just soul-destroying.