has anyone had a dla decision overturned for DLA?

Anthillmob

sorry also who and where do i find welfare rights?

debranamelia

TraciJ2 wrote:

To-date, i have made four claims and have been refused four times. I'm beginning to think they recognise my name and just print off the bog-standard letter now as the points they raise to tell me I'm not entitled are the same every time EVENTHOUGH i counter-claim them every time i ask for an appeal! Just about getting to the stage when I'm ready to give it all up.
any suggestions?

Get a social worker to fill out the form for you. Don't get them to help you, get them to do it for you, a question at a time - mine took the form from me, and asked me the questions in a way that I gave a full and complete answer to each part, which I thought I'd done already! A good social worker can be an amazing help with DLA forms, and I generally don't have any time or patience at all with that particular profession! But it worked for me. If you don't have a social worker, ask you GP to refer - or go to Citizen's Advice Bureau for advice. Good luck. I know the system sucks! You have my sympathy.

Turning_into_scrooge

Anthillmob wrote:

sorry also who and where do i find welfare rights?

Welfare Rights are at your local council, phone them and they should be able to put you through or do what i did e mail them, I couldn't talk to them i was so upset and couldn't stop crying I would have been so embarrassed talking to them on the phone. Find your councils web site and a-z of services.

EDIT: Its not so much the visit from the doctor that gets the benefit but the wording on the forms filled in, yeah i know its a joke but unfort. thats how it is.

ShockingPink

Well, I was an arthritic 32 year old (I'm now an arthritic 42-year old!). Applied for DLA in 1999. The first time I was turned down, the Doctor's report was a tissue of lies! I represented myself at the appeal and just went through the inconsistencies (saying I could undress myself without help, when I hadn't been asked to undress, etc). I was awarded higher rate Mobility and lower rate Care for 5 years. When it needed renewing I went to The CAB and they filled out the forms for me. My rheumatology nurse did the bit from the person who knows you best, and I got 3 years without a mumer.

Have to do it all again next year (God, it comes round fast! It's not as if I'm likely to get better...)

Turning_into_scrooge

ShockingPink wrote:

Well, I was an arthritic 32 year old (I'm now an arthritic 42-year old!). Applied for DLA in 1999. The first time I was turned down, the Doctor's report was a tissue of lies! I represented myself at the appeal and just went through the inconsistencies (saying I could undress myself without help, when I hadn't been asked to undress, etc). I was awarded higher rate Mobility and lower rate Care for 5 years. When it needed renewing I went to The CAB and they filled out the forms for me. My rheumatology nurse did the bit from the person who knows you best, and I got 3 years without a mumer.

Have to do it all again next year (God, it comes round fast! It's not as if I'm likely to get better...)

Something similar happened to me with the Doc they sent out. He only asked me 3 questions and proceeded to fill the pack in himself with what he though without asking the questins related to his answers. He should be struck off from as a DWP doctor, he should also be ashamed of himself.