Attendance Allowance: Pensioners could be missing out on up to £4,000 a year – are you? | Personal Finance | Finance

Successfully claiming Attendance Allowance can also qualify Britons for various other benefits such as Pension Credit, council tax reduction or housing benefit.

Many charities and advice websites note that the high rejection rate for Attendance Allowance is often due to the way claimants fill out their application.

The questions can often be quite personal and applicants may find they want to understate their needs out of embarrassment or simply forget to note everything.

This can be detrimental as the benefit is reliant on claimants needing a certain amount of care for a certain amount of time and but understating or underestimating one’s needs they run the risk of being seen as ineligible for the benefit.