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Hardy-ha-ha-ha ;)
Basically I don't want to be a dick or come across like I'm being unreasonable.
That said I was always taught to claim for the maximum available (that is directly related). So claiming for the DS as well seems sensible as I wouldn't have had to replace it had the NS not been damaged.
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If you word your claim adequately with your reasoning and safety concerns explained it might be difficult for them to wriggle out of it. If said pothole had white paint markings around it that would indicate they know about it. Of course I wouldn't suggest that you inform 'fixmystreet' before you make any claim because that might cause confusion and may appear that they did know about it before you had your incident.
You can but try but I doubt the council will 'wear' it.