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captionPIC BY DAN ROWLANDS/MERCURY PRESS (PICTURED: STEPHEN DICKSON, 38 WITH HIS PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT LETTER REVIEWING HIS MOBILITY) A double amputee fears he may lose his job as he claims he is set to have his lifeline of a car snatched away - because he can occasionally walk unaided for 20 metres with a prosthetic limb.Stephen Dickson, 38, received Disability Living Allowance (DLA) from the age of 11 but had to re-apply for the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) last month after changes to the system.The double congenital amputee, who was born without his right arm and leg, was told he no longer qualified for the mobility aspect of the payment - despite regularly being bed-bound because of pains so severe he could soon require surgery. SEE MERCURY COPY SEE MERCURY COPY