Hip Replacement and DLA?

krisskross

woodbine wrote: »

The rules would indicate 3 months,in fact the dla people themselves also suggest this so it must be right.Closing one claim only to open another very soon after is a waste of evryones time,its not as though theres a fast-track system like there is for jsa re-claims.
But can i turn the question back on you,if someone was better for a day or a week should they stop their "fraudulant claim"?No of course they shouldnt as its not a fraudulant claim.

I think 3 months post surgery is reasonable.

Oldernotwiser

pipkin71 wrote: »

Wasn't this same question raised a short while back, anyway?

The person wanted to know if an op could end up cancelling out their DLA and I ended up having a post removed when my halo slipped :D

Edited to add a link:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2383651

I'd forgotten that one - her husband was both on IB and serving in Afghanistan! :rotfl:

Indie_Kid

woodbine wrote: »

But can i turn the question back on you,if someone was better for a day or a week should they stop their "fraudulant claim"?No of course they shouldnt as its not a fraudulant claim.

That would just be ridiculous, imo. I had a few good days last week and there was no way I was going to phone up and say "I can now sort out my own medication" - especially given that I'd had more days where I couldn't sort it out myself.

krisskross

woodbine wrote: »

But can i turn the question back on you,if someone was better for a day or a week should they stop their "fraudulant claim"?No of course they shouldnt as its not a fraudulant claim.

But we were not talking about a condition that remits and exacerbates but rather about surgery that is done with the intention of curing the condition.