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  • hi saw ur post brill well done to you ,i am in a similar position with my daughter who has arthritis,and was diagnosed in 2005 with an 18 month history of joint pain,well my story is i also tell the truth when i first claimed i done the forms myself,no help from no one no big fancy words or exagerations just how it wasmthe gods honest,so we got a 2 yr award hrm hrc,next claim again done it myself no help,1 yr award,then out of the blue it was superceeded and taken from hrc to lrc,got it reawarded to dec last yr,then doctor came out to examine child then it was lrc to 2013,appeal been going on from dec of this year,im going tommorro myself no help no big fancy words to tell them how it is,i sook advice from wro who said she couldnt help so ---- it going in there on my todd,daughter has been in and out of hospital,since dec for more steroids,and recieves wkly injections of methetrexate into her legs,this is to contreol this aufull disease,letter from consultant just recently says,, this little girl suffers from arthritis and has significant problems with her hands and this disease when flared up can cas problems with mobility at times ,not a great letter but i need to fill the gaps in,sorry for ranting i just need some one to tell me go girl everything will b just fine,not feeling confident at the minute,but i will go and tell it how it is,,,,hope u r well love lorraine
  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    A 6 year old thread?
    *SIGH*
    :D
  • poppyflops wrote: »
    HI ALL, I HAVE JUST JOINED THIS SITE TO TRY TO HELP OTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE HELL OF A DLA CLAIM!, I WAS AWARDED HIGH RATE MOBILITY AND MIDDLE RATE CARE COMPONENT ON THURSDAY JUST GONE. I HAD A LONG LONG FIGHT OF 19 MONTHS TO GET THIS BENEFIT AND I WANTED TO COME ON HERE TO URGE ALL PEOPLE TO NEVER GIVE UP!, IT IS VERY DISTRESSING AND FRUSTRATING BUT KEEP ON AT IT AND APPEAL AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE, I THINK HALF THE TIME THEY HOPE PEOPLE WILL GET THAT FED UP OF APPEALING THAT THEY END UP GIVING UP, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG AND FIGHT HARD FOR WHAT IS YOUR AS YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THIS MONEY!!!
    I FELT LIKE GIVING UP MANY TIMES AND SUFFERED DEPRESSION AS AN OUTCOME OF THE APPEALS, ITS A LONG WAITING GAME AND EXPECT TO BE QUESTIONED ABOUT THINGS THEY TRY TO TRIP YOU UP ON, BUT MY ADVICE IS NO MATTER HOW EMBARESSEING, ALWAYS SPEAK YOUR TRUTH AND TELL THEM FROM THE HEART HOW YOU SUFFER ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, AT THE EBD OF THE DAY, THE PANEL ARE ONLY HUMAN, JUST LIKE US AND IF WE DONT TELL THEM EVERYTHING THEN HOW CAN THEY MAKE A FIAR DECISION!, DONT BE INTIMIDATED, THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WEARING SUITS THAT LOOK THE PART BUT THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN YOU OR I!!.
    i WROTE A 124 PAGE LONG SUBMISSION, I DONE THIS MYSELF OVER 2 WEEKS, I CHALLENGED EVERY PART OF THE DECISION PAPERS THEY SENT ON MY REFUSAL AND REPLIED WITH THE TRUTH, NOT THE FABRICATED DECISIONS THEY MADE AND I WROTE A LETTER FROM THE HEART, AT THE HEARING THE JUDGE COMMENDED MY ON MY EFFORTS, SO I SAY TO YOU ALL, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO DO SIMILAR, IT REALLY DOES HELP, GET A FRIEND OF FAMILY MEMBER TO HELP IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO IT ALONE, IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE PROFESSIONAL, JUST WRITE IT AS YOU SPEAK IT STATING ALL THE WAYS YOUR PROBLEMS AFFECT YOU!.
    pLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME FOR ANY ADVICE OF IF YOU JUST WANT TO LET OFF STEAM, IM HERE TO HELP BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE!!...DONT GIVE UP, FIGHT THR FIGHT AND GET WHATS YOURS XX:A

    I would love some help with the appeals process, i have 3 weeks left to put in appeal and am at my wits end with it all, have been to the job center to try and get work and i cannot because of the meds that i am on, the doc first said problem with back was because of my weight, (not) but she refuses to sign me as fit for the gym saying it would cause to much damage to the injury that i have (unknown by the way) am in a catch 22 as i am a worker and like to keep busy, the pills space me out and make me feel ILL plus they don't always work, but according to the people that make the decisions for DLA, they said i am not entitled to it, because i can walk around the house (so long as i can hold on to things, they said am not a danger to others but that only because i tend not to go out as i never know when i will need to stop because of the pain :( , i dont know how people would go about contacting me personally to help with this but any help would be better than none at all, please help :(
  • poppyflops wrote: »
    HI ALL, I HAVE JUST JOINED THIS SITE TO TRY TO HELP OTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE HELL OF A DLA CLAIM!, I WAS AWARDED HIGH RATE MOBILITY AND MIDDLE RATE CARE COMPONENT ON THURSDAY JUST GONE. I HAD A LONG LONG FIGHT OF 19 MONTHS TO GET THIS BENEFIT AND I WANTED TO COME ON HERE TO URGE ALL PEOPLE TO NEVER GIVE UP!, IT IS VERY DISTRESSING AND FRUSTRATING BUT KEEP ON AT IT AND APPEAL AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE, I THINK HALF THE TIME THEY HOPE PEOPLE WILL GET THAT FED UP OF APPEALING THAT THEY END UP GIVING UP, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG AND FIGHT HARD FOR WHAT IS YOUR AS YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THIS MONEY!!!
    I FELT LIKE GIVING UP MANY TIMES AND SUFFERED DEPRESSION AS AN OUTCOME OF THE APPEALS, ITS A LONG WAITING GAME AND EXPECT TO BE QUESTIONED ABOUT THINGS THEY TRY TO TRIP YOU UP ON, BUT MY ADVICE IS NO MATTER HOW EMBARESSEING, ALWAYS SPEAK YOUR TRUTH AND TELL THEM FROM THE HEART HOW YOU SUFFER ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, AT THE EBD OF THE DAY, THE PANEL ARE ONLY HUMAN, JUST LIKE US AND IF WE DONT TELL THEM EVERYTHING THEN HOW CAN THEY MAKE A FIAR DECISION!, DONT BE INTIMIDATED, THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WEARING SUITS THAT LOOK THE PART BUT THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN YOU OR I!!.
    i WROTE A 124 PAGE LONG SUBMISSION, I DONE THIS MYSELF OVER 2 WEEKS, I CHALLENGED EVERY PART OF THE DECISION PAPERS THEY SENT ON MY REFUSAL AND REPLIED WITH THE TRUTH, NOT THE FABRICATED DECISIONS THEY MADE AND I WROTE A LETTER FROM THE HEART, AT THE HEARING THE JUDGE COMMENDED MY ON MY EFFORTS, SO I SAY TO YOU ALL, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO DO SIMILAR, IT REALLY DOES HELP, GET A FRIEND OF FAMILY MEMBER TO HELP IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO IT ALONE, IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE PROFESSIONAL, JUST WRITE IT AS YOU SPEAK IT STATING ALL THE WAYS YOUR PROBLEMS AFFECT YOU!.
    pLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME FOR ANY ADVICE OF IF YOU JUST WANT TO LET OFF STEAM, IM HERE TO HELP BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE!!...DONT GIVE UP, FIGHT THR FIGHT AND GET WHATS YOURS XX:A


    I too would love any help you can provide Ive today just appeled, and asked for a oral appeal Ive been told it will take up to 11 weeks before I hear anything back, so if you can give any advice before I need to attend the appeal then it would be most helpfull.
    Thank You
    Oh and by the way this is my first post !!:T


    :D:beer::eek::o;):)
  • MrsManda
    MrsManda Posts: 4,457 Forumite
    ra_fibro wrote: »
    I too would love any help you can provide Ive today just appeled, and asked for a oral appeal Ive been told it will take up to 11 weeks before I hear anything back, so if you can give any advice before I need to attend the appeal then it would be most helpfull.
    Thank You
    Oh and by the way this is my first post !!:T

    :D:beer::eek::o;):)
    Welcome,
    You may be better off starting a new post - this thread is 7 years old and hasn't had any one post on it since Oct2010
  • Mupette
    Mupette Posts: 4,599 Forumite
    poppyflops

    you need to sort out your post.

    it is really hard to read when it is all in capitals and in a block, could you break it down?

    i took one look at your post and looked away it was too much for my eyes.
    GNU
    Terry Pratchett
    ((((Ripples))))
  • well im glad to be honest im not the only 1 who is having problems ....i applied for DLA last may after being diagnosed with a rare kind of bone marrow cancer, i have also been diagnosed with pancreatitis, i have been turned down at every avenue including the dreaded appeals tribunal which took place last thursday.... im on chemo for the rest of my life, i find it difficult to function due to the migrains,cant walk great distances due to chronic pains in my legs ad cramp, i cant eat solid foods due to the pancreatitis, but yet they have deemed me fit and not in need of help.... what more do i have to do, i took a representaive from my support group with me had a letter from the CAB, 2 letters from my own GP all collaborating what i have told them and yet i was still turned down.... do i actually have to die to be awarded? so if someone can come up with any ideas as to where i go from here id love to hear it ... im now considering applying for an upper tribunal with the help of a solicitor, MPD support group and anyone else i can find to fight in my corner .... HELP! im not only fighting this illness im now fighting the bloody government....
  • I have applied for DLA twice now because the first GP report came from a GP in my surgery whom I never see as I dont think he is a good doctor. Even although I suffer from severe joint pain he wrote I had some foot pain. The second time the DLA used the same report instead of the updated information, hospital reports and a 4 page letter. I am now in appeal process with the back up from another GP, Social worker, welfare rights and hopefully someone will listen now.
    I have always been a very independent person and asking for help is hard and having to deal with the stress of the illness I also have to deal with all this carry on.



    My mother applied for DLA in August 2003. She suffers severe pain when walking for short distances and needs assistance throughout the day for the toilet, bathing, getting dressed, preparing meals and other general household chores. She was awarded the lower rate care component and appealed against it. They then sent out a doctor to assess her. The doctor was there about half an hour, asked her questions on what she could and couldn't do, gave her a quick examination and left. The appeal was refused and we requested a copy of the doctors report. Basically the doctor had written everything that my mum had said then ticked all the boxes to say that my mum was capable of doing everything (including what she had been awarded the lower rate for). She more or less put everything down to depression which my mum does suffer from but only as a result of her disability.

    We appealed again and are waiting for a date for the tribunal hearing (or whatever it's called). She has a recently written letter from her doctor supporting her claim to take with her and is taking a representative from Advice Works with her.

    I can't believe that people have to go through this to get what they're entitled to and you wouldn't believe the stress it's causing my mum. My mum's gp has been treating her for this illness for almost a year and we also received a copy of her report which backs up what my mum told them. You would think that they would take the word of her gp (the person who actually treats her regulary) over a doctor who met her for half on hour.

    Has anyone else had any experiences like this?[/QUOTE]
  • It has been 9 weeks since the DLA wrote to my GP about filling in the report, yet they are still waiting for a reply.

    I left message after message with my GP to please fill out the form and send it back, yet still I wait.
    Even the DLA said that it is very unusual for the specialist report to come back before the GP's report. She is my regular doctor and she knows everything about me. How can I get her to finally fill in the form and send it off before she jepordises my claim?:mad:
  • megan2002
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    poppyflops wrote: »
    HI ALL, I HAVE JUST JOINED THIS SITE TO TRY TO HELP OTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE HELL OF A DLA CLAIM!, I WAS AWARDED HIGH RATE MOBILITY AND MIDDLE RATE CARE COMPONENT ON THURSDAY JUST GONE. I HAD A LONG LONG FIGHT OF 19 MONTHS TO GET THIS BENEFIT AND I WANTED TO COME ON HERE TO URGE ALL PEOPLE TO NEVER GIVE UP!, IT IS VERY DISTRESSING AND FRUSTRATING BUT KEEP ON AT IT AND APPEAL AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE, I THINK HALF THE TIME THEY HOPE PEOPLE WILL GET THAT FED UP OF APPEALING THAT THEY END UP GIVING UP, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG AND FIGHT HARD FOR WHAT IS YOUR AS YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THIS MONEY!!!
    I FELT LIKE GIVING UP MANY TIMES AND SUFFERED DEPRESSION AS AN OUTCOME OF THE APPEALS, ITS A LONG WAITING GAME AND EXPECT TO BE QUESTIONED ABOUT THINGS THEY TRY TO TRIP YOU UP ON, BUT MY ADVICE IS NO MATTER HOW EMBARESSEING, ALWAYS SPEAK YOUR TRUTH AND TELL THEM FROM THE HEART HOW YOU SUFFER ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, AT THE EBD OF THE DAY, THE PANEL ARE ONLY HUMAN, JUST LIKE US AND IF WE DONT TELL THEM EVERYTHING THEN HOW CAN THEY MAKE A FIAR DECISION!, DONT BE INTIMIDATED, THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WEARING SUITS THAT LOOK THE PART BUT THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN YOU OR I!!.
    i WROTE A 124 PAGE LONG SUBMISSION, I DONE THIS MYSELF OVER 2 WEEKS, I CHALLENGED EVERY PART OF THE DECISION PAPERS THEY SENT ON MY REFUSAL AND REPLIED WITH THE TRUTH, NOT THE FABRICATED DECISIONS THEY MADE AND I WROTE A LETTER FROM THE HEART, AT THE HEARING THE JUDGE COMMENDED MY ON MY EFFORTS, SO I SAY TO YOU ALL, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO DO SIMILAR, IT REALLY DOES HELP, GET A FRIEND OF FAMILY MEMBER TO HELP IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO IT ALONE, IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE PROFESSIONAL, JUST WRITE IT AS YOU SPEAK IT STATING ALL THE WAYS YOUR PROBLEMS AFFECT YOU!.
    pLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME FOR ANY ADVICE OF IF YOU JUST WANT TO LET OFF STEAM, IM HERE TO HELP BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE!!...DONT GIVE UP, FIGHT THR FIGHT AND GET WHATS YOURS XX:A



    Hello ,

    I am at my wits end with DLA I was awarded low DLA after waiting 8 months for appeal. I asked for a reconsideration and sent a large response explaining every issue and pain I have but they will not change. I find the tribunals a terrible experience and have ran out of steam with them how can they play god? What do i do? I have degenerative arthiritis in knees feet and fingers , diabetic gastroparesis , back pain , chronic fatigue , severe depression.
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