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Originally Posted by rogermevans
you know not what you are talking about i suggest rather that taking the word of any one you sit down with out help and try and fill one in
the forms are designed to make it hard often hiding the fact that question don't all have to be answered and that some questions are not what they seem to be.
and you point of your knowledgeable wife is the point we make the forms shouldn't be stopping people getting DLA they should be helping them get the help not putting something else they need to learn how to do like a civil servant to get what they are entitled to and NEED
just for example the how far can you walk question which implies you have to tell them and doesn't explain that any distance after you get pain is not suposed to be counted or in my case doesn't apply as as soon as i am having an attack i cant walk
i have had a very knowledgeable civil servant turn up to tell me that i should still put a figure to who i politely told to go away  quoting the relevant legislation on the walking test 
the forms are hard especial for those doing them the first time and those who are not used to civil servant gobbledy gook |
The walking distance question does specify 'before you feel severe discomfort'. It's just that I was recently told that the Decision Maker's ignore the severe discomfort aspect along with most(if not all) of the Law, the contents of their Decision Maker's Guide, evidence given to Commons Select Committee, House of Lords rulings etc. So it would appear that the rule of Law is ignored and whether you are awarded DLA is down to the whim of the Decision Maker.
Link to offical DWP Decision Maker's Guide (DLA is Chapter 61, PDF document)
Link to other DWP guides which might be useful which include all the legal rulings, including appeals.