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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1884863" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Yes that is correct. I was muddling things up from a few years ago after my strokes. I was trying to get early retirement and apply for DLA at the same time, and get a Blue badge. I could not get the blue badge until I got DLA (or PIP) at the enhanced rate, and I could not get retirement since I had some mobility and could carry on working, which I ended up doing and worked past my retirement date as well. At the time I applied for DLA, their offices were indeed on the upper floor, and the pensions DWP were at that time also there. I turned up on my new mobility scooter, and the jobsworth in the peaked cap and epaulettes at reception told me I could not use their lift since it was Staff Only, and that was a strictly adhered to since they were not insured for the general public. I had the same prob with my workplace where a 10 person lift was only insured to carry goods, so I had to climb the stairs until they were forced to get it covered for persons. But PIP is not work related but enhanced PIP does have mobility assessment considerations. I believe our SS office is still in the same building, but they may have taken over the ground floor now (it used to be the Rivers Authority, but I think they moved).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1884863, member: 196898"] Yes that is correct. I was muddling things up from a few years ago after my strokes. I was trying to get early retirement and apply for DLA at the same time, and get a Blue badge. I could not get the blue badge until I got DLA (or PIP) at the enhanced rate, and I could not get retirement since I had some mobility and could carry on working, which I ended up doing and worked past my retirement date as well. At the time I applied for DLA, their offices were indeed on the upper floor, and the pensions DWP were at that time also there. I turned up on my new mobility scooter, and the jobsworth in the peaked cap and epaulettes at reception told me I could not use their lift since it was Staff Only, and that was a strictly adhered to since they were not insured for the general public. I had the same prob with my workplace where a 10 person lift was only insured to carry goods, so I had to climb the stairs until they were forced to get it covered for persons. But PIP is not work related but enhanced PIP does have mobility assessment considerations. I believe our SS office is still in the same building, but they may have taken over the ground floor now (it used to be the Rivers Authority, but I think they moved). [/QUOTE]
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