DLA claim - how long for decision?

HGLTsuperstar

Really quick and easy question (methinks). Sent off Mum's claim for DLA yesterday - any rough guess as to how long before we hear back with a thumbs up (fingers crossed) or not.

dmg24

It could be anything up to three months, depending on if they need to get additional information and how long people take to respond.

Hope it is a positive result x

lighton

And any award will be backdated to date they recieved it . So will be a good idea to ring them in a few days to see if they have recieved it and ask thm to confirm this in writing.Good luck

GlasweJen

as it happens I was on the phone to them the other day and they recon it will take about 10 weeks to process at the moment.

mspig

I was told 11weeks for my sons claim for the mobility part(we get care but now hes turned 5 we can get mobility) it was 16weeks on monday so i rang them again and was told that they are only up to the claims put in at the end of March at the moment so it will be atleast another 4 weeks yet.

SuziQ

Wow we were very lucky-it only took just over 2 weeks from me submitting a claim to recieving the letter telling me that my son had been awarded DLA.

lighton

mspig wrote: »

I was told 11weeks for my sons claim for the mobility part(we get care but now hes turned 5 we can get mobility) it was 16weeks on monday so i rang them again and was told that they are only up to the claims put in at the end of March at the moment so it will be atleast another 4 weeks yet.

did you know you can get dla mobility from 3 at high rate it is only low rate that you cant get until 5. My sons been getting it since he were 3 took some getting but it was back dated 18months