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Disability money matters
Archives for November 2020
Discussion List
Disabled Persons Trust (Vulnerable Beneficary, Discretionary Trust)
I would like to set up a Disabled Persons Trust for the benefit of my adult children who have learning disabilities. (They are both eligable, it would be a discretionary trust and would protect any future inheritence they may receive and their means tested benefits) Is it possible to do this without paying large amounts of…
PIP: Overturning a decision, what happens the next time?
Hi guys, My mother is currently of PIP/motability and her last assessment (3 years back) was denied and she had to go back and fight the outcome. They finally awarded her after she compiled evidence of her condition. Her renewal is due any day now so my question is about people who were denied/overturned, does this pretty…
PIP Confusing letters.
Hi, Hope everyone's doing OK! Just looking for some advice please I had a letter in October last month of 2020 from personal independence payments. saying it's been extended until 4 October 2021 because of the covid 19. Today i get a review letter to fill out for my new claim? has to be sent back by december the 3rd! so…
Advice needed regarding son dla
Hi my son claims dla lower mate mobility and middle rate care. The claim started when he was 4 and was awarded till he's 12 which is another 4 years away. Can I update his claim to get higher care the mobility would be the same he can walk but his care needs have changed. Would I be allowed to update his claim and how.…
Timescales - Festive Period
I've just realised the date when I *should* receive my PIP Assessment decision falls a couple of days before Christmas Day. Does anyone know if the timescales regarding requesting Mandatory Reconsideration generally relaxed/extended over that period? Or am I likely to be spending Christmas Day and Hogmanay furiously typing…
SMI claim without PoA
Can I claim SMI discount on behalf of my father in law to even though I don't have Power of Attorney? No money will come to me. It just means he can stop paying. He is 95, diagnosed with Alzheimers, lives alone 150 miles away from me and is eligible for attendance allowance. His local Age UK say there is a savings…
Attendance allowance
Why do I not get toll charges free as a blue card disability holder
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