Hi All,
DS17 has been entitled to a Blue Badge parking badge since he was first eligible aged 3. This was awarded without question based on the fact that he was receiving the highest rate of both mobility and care components via DLA.
When he turned 16 he was transferred onto PIP without question and the award remained exactly the same as he has always received.
The rules now state that to obtain a badge automatically if you are on PIP (not our choice - everyone is being moved to this eventually) you have to score 10 points on the section where it says that he is disabled enough to cause harm to himself and others.
DS scores 12 - the highest level awarded.
However the rules are that it has to be exactly 10 points.
I just cannot get my head around this, are they saying that he is too disabled to get a badge?
Surely it should be 10 or more?
If anyone out there is able to explain this I would be very grateful as I am tearing my hair out. As if life isn't hard enough without having to go through all this crap!
TIA for any responses.