Please help DLA renewal turned down

Markoo_2

sunnyone wrote: »

Its not a good report for DLA purposes and I wouldnt use it frankly, as I said previously taking tramadol for the pain means nothing because they are handed out like smarties.

You should have asked for a referal to the pain clinic, thats what happens when you are in lots of pain, if your GP hasnt mentioned or your specialist they musnt think that you are in lots of pain and the tramadol supports that.

can i ask why you wouldnt use it?

This is just a copy of a report from this year i have also requested a report from my gp and the same consultant again. im intrested to know why you woulndt use it tho? i have just sent it off along with my letter regarding my disagreement with the dession i also wrote down i would fwd them the other reports as soon as possible.

I thought that report was quite supporting my self as it states, the pain has gotten worse over the last 12 months, it states i have pain when walking and it also states i regualry experiance night time pain, surely if he didnt think i was in pain he wouldnt have asked me how i felt about having a hip replacement?

This is all very confusing im not sure exatcly what the DWP want to hear , my hip gives me a lot of pain which effects my ablity to walk and do anything that involves bending etc all theese things are very painfull and are difficult, and all stem from hip pain. all the things i listed on my claim form are all related to hip pain and would make perfect sence to anybody that would read it in my humble opinion, i just dont know what i need to do to prove that? The nature of "perthes disease" is hip pain, my consults reports states i have hip pain + when walking + regualry during the night, which coincide's with the difficultys i listed on my forms, im not sure what else i can really do.

mandyboops1973

Hi markoo i don't think its a bad report at all, it highlights some key points, I think the bottom line is you have pain in your hip which has been diagnosed as a medical condition your under the care of a consultant who feels its nessesary to see you every 12 months and has also confirmed the pain you have and that it effects your walking etc.

Tramadol is given for moderate to moderately severe pain, You don't need to be in excruciating pain to be eligible for dla, you need to experience sever discomfort,

From what you have told us in the thread and going by your consultants report, i think you are definitely entitled to some dla at one rate or another.

Please keep us updated on how things go,

Good luck :A

Markoo_2

Recived my reconsideration dession today which has been turned down again apparently i can walk over 50 meters, despite telling them im unable to take a single step without sever discomfat and pain and also my consultants report stating i have pain when walking :mad: can anybody how they could come to the dession i can walk over 50 meters based on that? i just dont get it at all? my consultants report states i have pain when walking and i tell them i cant take a single step without pain so how did they come to the dession i can walk over 50 meters? it makes no sense

When is says you can request a written statement of the reasons what exactly is this? i really can not understand how they came to the session i can walk 50 meters based on my claim form and the report i sent, i don't even feel as upset as i did last time im just angry now as im sitting hear in pain, the fact i struggle to walk and experience pain on ever single day and to have them tell me i can walk 50 meters with no problem has made me very angry, i feel like they are taking the Micky, how can the treat people with genuine problems this way? im not getting fair hearing at all

everything else has been turned down but they have awarded me low rate care as i need to help to prepare a meal, not sure how they came to that decision but didnt award any mobility.

what do i need to now to appeal?

It doesn't even say how long its been awarded for it just says

"I have awarded you the lowest rate care of £18.50 a week from and including 27/10/2010"

whats up with that?

southantrim3

The DLA is not based on you medical condition or what medication you are on. So giving them information about those means absoloutely nothing.
What you do need to provide them with is information about your care needs and mobility needs. In other words, if you need someone with when you're out and about incase you trip and fall, if you can't walk because of the severe pain that leaves you in, if you need someone with you in the house incase you are liable to fall etc.
In fact, mentioning too much about your medication might hinder you as it may improve your condition and mean that your care and mobility needs aren't as bad.

Markoo_2

southantrim3 wrote: »

The DLA is not based on you medical condition or what medication you are on. So giving them information about those means absoloutely nothing.
What you do need to provide them with is information about your care needs and mobility needs. In other words, if you need someone with when you're out and about incase you trip and fall, if you can't walk because of the severe pain that leaves you in, if you need someone with you in the house incase you are liable to fall etc.
In fact, mentioning too much about your medication might hinder you as it may improve your condition and mean that your care and mobility needs aren't as bad.

i have told them all of my mobility and care needs, as i said in my last reply, i told them i experiace sever pain and discomfat from the very 1st step and with every step i take, i also submited a report from my consultant what stated i experiance pain when walking yet they still made the dession i can walk over 50 meters with no problem? that makes no sense at all how on earth could they come to that dession? it states the dession was made on my claim form and the evidence i submited.

southantrim3

Markoo wrote: »

i have told them all of my mobility and care needs, as i said in my last reply, i told them i experiace sever pain and discomfat from the very 1st step and with every step i take, i also submited a report from my consultant what stated i experiance pain when walking yet they still made the dession i can walk over 50 meters with no problem? that makes no sense at all how on earth could they come to that dession? it states the dession was made on my claim form and the evidence i submited.

I'd get a copy of your GP report to see what they put down with regard to your mobility and care needs as quite often that will be their prefered source of information even though you sent in a report from your consultant.

Markoo_2

They havent contacted my GP, i requested a report from my gp after being turned down initialy but i reviced the reconsideration dession back before he wrote the report. so i only submited the one from my consultant

Markoo_2

The is how feel rite now is im an in constant pain, everystep i take causes me pain, and yet they are telling me i can walk over 50 meters without a problem, i submit a report from my ortheopedic consultant which states i have pain when walking.

can anybody tell me please what else i have to do to explain i cant take a single step without pain and sever discomfat?

i just dont understand what else i can say or do?

what is the next step to take do i need one of theese gl24 forms or can i just write a letter explainng why i disagree with each bullet point?

southantrim3

Markoo wrote: »

They havent contacted my GP, i requested a report from my gp after being turned down initialy but i reviced the reconsideration dession back before he wrote the report. so i only submited the one from my consultant

As far as I'm aware they should have contacted your GP. Might do know harm to ring up and find out what medical information was used to make your decision. If the person who answers can't find out, request to be put through to the decision makers and they should be able to tell you.

You should still be able to get them to look at your GP report even after they've made their decision. Just send it in and see what happens. In the meantime I'd request an appeal, which has to be done in writing (and specifically mention the word "appeal" in your letter) and also make a fresh claim at the same time. Both can run along side each other.

Also get your MP involved and get him to check as to why they didn't wait for the letter from the GP before they made the reconsideration decision.

Markoo_2

Thanks for the reply

It says on the letter

:how i made my dession

: Your claim form

: extra information you submited ( which was a report from my consultant at the ortheopedic hospital)

I dont know how they make their dessions but simply based on commen sense, there is no way they could come to the dession i can walk over 50 meters, when i state i cant take a single step without experianceing sever pain and discomfat and also having a report from an ortheopedic sugern that states i have pain when walking. To come to the conclusion i can walk over 50 meters based on this is absolulty ridiculous imo,


How exactly would i go about getting my mp involved?

I didnt know i could start a fresh claim aswell?