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Heads Up - for those who want to know - Summer 2012 CAB Evidence Journal
.. .. is published - not really to do with benefits per se - but covers the DWP / WCA ref cancer treatment (March 2012) - and DWP / consideration of revision before appeal (May 2012)
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Heads Up - for those who want to know - UC Updates
- were published two days ago, they cover JSA / UC / PIP / decisions appeals payments / and ESA : Draft regulations Universal Credit Regulations 2012 Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Working-age Benefits (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2012 Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and…
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DLA Appeal Tribunal Advice
Good evening all, I'm just looking for some advice regarding an upcoming DLA Appeal Tribunal. Please forgive the life story below but I would like to give as much information as possible. My mum passed away in February last year aged 57. She suffered from COPD, which she was diagnosed with in 2009 after a couple of…
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Nosey people and blue badges.
Hi everyone :wave: I just thought I would share my story with you all about a rather bizarre experience I had in Asda car park a few weeks ago which upset me greatly. I have osteogenisis imperfecta (brittle bones) as a result of this I have a very severe kyphosis scoliosis which causes my upper spine to stick out a lot.…
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Electric Bed
We are looking for an electric bed for our 6 year old..... We only need to be able to raise the head end of the bed so she can sleep with an incline of around 15 degrees As she is only 6, ideally we would like to source something that does not look like a hospital bed and is more in keeping with a 6 year old The bed will…
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DLA Claim Appeal
I've suffered from severe lower back problems since October last year. The usual things disc bulge with nerve compression, three levels of degenerated discs, herniation etc. I believe I've had most of the problems for around 10 years but it seems my time ran out. I'm on morphine, pregablin etc and have had five facet…
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Budgeting loan & DLA
Hello all, I am in receipt of DLA and I am looking for a loan an dlooked at the loans that the government offer. They offer a 'budgeting' loan, which looks the most suitable for me. However, am I able to apply for this as the only benefit I am in receipt of is DLA, not any other. Also, in regars to applying for this (if I…
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DLA Tribunal Help Please
Hi, In November 2011, my partner had his ATOS assessment. We received a letter shortly afterwards stating that with effect from January 2012 he would lose his lower rate mobility, and would be moved from middle rate care to lower rate care. As it was deemed he no longer met the requirements for these! We appealed and…
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ESA work group to support group appeal.
Hi, wife has been on IB since 2000, she is also on dla. Physically, she suffers from degenerative disc disease and joint hypermobility. Mentally, she suffers from Bipolar disorder and Borderline personality disorder. She also has faecal incontinence due to severe laxative abuse in the past relating to eating disorders and…
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What is the role of a care manager?
Last week a new care plan was arranged in order for me to better manage my illness. There was a lot to take in at the time and one thing I'm not sure of is what role a care manager is going to take. Does anyone here have a care manager, who would know what their role will be? I have a district nurse linked to my care and…
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Another DLA question; special rules.
Never having claimed anything before, DH is now very ill, as yet undiagnosed properly but the GP has given him a DS1500 form and told us to apply for DLA under the special rules. Having read a bit here after trying to plough through the DLA form, I'm worried that we actually have very little information from the hospital…
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DLA benefit
Hi, My o/h has one arm amputated (above the elbow) which he has had for several years after a moterbike accident, he has coped with that brilliantly and it hasn't ever stopped him from working. His other arm though is starting to fail (after an army accident years ago where he damaged his shoulder and he never got the…
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Won DLA appeal 3 weeks ago - but no sign of payment yet
I won DLA at an appeal tribunal hearing 3 weeks ago now. However I haven't had any correspondence from the DWP about the payment of it, nor actual payment itself. Should I be concerned? Apparently the DWP can counter-appeal to the "Upper Tribunal" - although I've heard this isn't common, could this be the reason for the…
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Just returned from IIDB Atos Medical
Hi Guys I know you all have a wealth of personal experience so please tell me where I go from here. As in the title I have just returned from my Atos medical for Industrial Injury Disablement benefit. I have a chronic back problem but could not understand why the examiner measured around my legs just above the knee. I am…
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Can my partner claim income support with me
I have been claiming Income Support with a disability premium for ages now because of an Aspergers Diagnosis. The diagnosis was dropped when I was re-assessed at 21, but I still continued getting my benefits. I was told I had difficulties but they were not fully specified. I do not qualify for disability living allowance…
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My father has been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. I'm after some advice.
I'm not sure about which part of the forum was best to place this thread so if it's not in the correct category could it please be moved. My father is 72 and has been struggling with his breathing for a few years. He has been to loads of doctors and was just having tests done a few weeks ago. Anyway I saw him Saturday and…
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ESA - from 0 points at medical to support group at tribunal
Just back home from representing my son in his ESA tribunal. He won, and has been put in the support group. This is after scoring 0 points in the medical and failing the reassessment. We are ecstatic, needless to say. I wanted to post this to encourage people to keep fighting. This result really can happen!! What we learnt…
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ATOS and Benefits Agencies legal decisions.
Speaking to a Barrister friend yesterday and I posed the question to him. I am and have been disabled for over 20 years, should ATOS and the Benefits Agency decide to send me or any other disabled person back to work and they hurt themselves badly, what could happen. His suggestion was that you could sue them both for…
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Care charities?
I am looking for some advice on behalf of my grandmother. She lives in the Peterborough area and looks after her partner after he had a stroke a few years ago. I say partner but they lived together prior to his stroke as companions. He is paralysed on the left side and she cares for him 24/7 with no help from his family.…
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DLA reconsideration on LRC- scared I no longer qualify
I got a letter today stating that they because my DLA review was coming up shortly I would need to re-apply. I suffer from chronic IBS which affects just over half my life in a debilitating way. Mental health, stomach pain, severe bleeding, shaking, diarrhoea and constipation alternating, etc and the medicines I take for…
