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If you exaggerate your illness it may lead to no award. Everyone has good and bad days, even if they don't receive any DLA etc. It's called life." The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
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Hello Bryando. DLA is a very political issue at the moment. I spent 2 hours filling in a form with help from a carers association. It was refused. YOU MUST put your worst times and days. it seems some people are refused for minor details and you are almost expected to appeal. Good luck and keep asking for help!
If you put down your worst time and days, it implies that you are only having bad days. This is not accurate and is actually fraudulent. DLA requires information about how life is for you on an average day - as dmg24 posted, you can post 'on bad days', on better days', etc. Woodbine's suggestion of a diary is also wise for those who have conditions that vary.
Unfortunately, there seems to be an idea that writing down worst days only is the way to get DLA :mad:. Even some agencies that help people to fill in the forms advise this (a friend of mine was told to do this by the local disability rights group). I don't understand why people don't realise that this is wrong.
Perhaps all DLA/AA forms should have a big red banner across the front, stating that you should not write about your worst days only, as this is fraud and could lead to criminal prosecution.0 -
kingfisherblue wrote: »If you put down your worst time and days, it implies that you are only having bad days. This is not accurate and is actually fraudulent. DLA requires information about how life is for you on an average day - as dmg24 posted, you can post 'on bad days', on better days', etc. Woodbine's suggestion of a diary is also wise for those who have conditions that vary.
Unfortunately, there seems to be an idea that writing down worst days only is the way to get DLA :mad:. Even some agencies that help people to fill in the forms advise this (a friend of mine was told to do this by the local disability rights group). I don't understand why people don't realise that this is wrong.
Perhaps all DLA/AA forms should have a big red banner across the front, stating that you should not write about your worst days only, as this is fraud and could lead to criminal prosecution.
Totally agree with you kingfisherblue and also dmg24 and woobine. If anyone reading this thread is thinking of applying or in the process of doing so you should apply what these people have advised.
As kingfisherblue says, there is some sort of belief that if you only give information based on your bad/worst days then this is the only way of receiving DLA - my application was based on both worst days and best days and yet I was awarded DLA!
It is so wrong for people to advise writing only worst days on their application, it definitely FRAUD and you may very well be caught out and quite rightly so. Some have noted that they have been advised to do this by CAB and other people helping to fill in applications - they are wrong to do so. If you are caught out doing this it won't matter who advised you to do this as it is you who has signed this application and declaring that this is a true reflection of your illness/condition and how it affects you.
I'm sure if I received an application and it noted only bad days, it would automatically make me wonder whether the information was the truth!0 -
Somebody I know was refused and on the letter it says, you prefer somebody when outside. She is not going to bother making a appeal. But got me wondering if I shall be hit with that!
When I filled my form in with regards the being outside, I put: I can go out by myself, however, as I am at risk of falling, if I do fall when out, I would find it very difficult to get up again, due to the problems I have and so prefer someone to go out with me.
My claim was accepted.
I think, if you say that you cannot go out alone, when you can, they do look closely at it. I can actually go out alone, but I don't because of the risk of falling, and the danger when crossing roads, ect
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
Hello Bryando. DLA is a very political issue at the moment. I spent 2 hours filling in a form with help from a carers association. It was refused. YOU MUST put your worst times and days. it seems some people are refused for minor details and you are almost expected to appeal. Good luck and keep asking for help!
What you must do, is be honest.
If your worse times and days cover four days a week, you let them know that the other three days a week are not as bad as those four, and give them examples of how you are affected.
That advice is the worse kind where filling in DLA forms are concerned.There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
As kingfisherblue says, there is some sort of belief that if you only give information based on your bad/worst days then this is the only way of receiving DLA - my application was based on both worst days and best days and yet I was awarded DLA!
Same here, TOBRUK.There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
Not a very nice post at all, really.
It's highly possible for two people wo have an illness that requires them both to claim DLA.
They could have met at a group for people with disabilities, found they had lots in common and decided to form a relationship.
There are many possibilities.
Comments like the one you have made bring this forum down, when it should be for help and support.
No-one on here should advocate fraud but to make a comment, as you have, when know one knows the circumstances, is not very nice.
When looking for your own advice / support, would you have appreciated people implying that you yourself was committing fraud in order to gain from it financially?There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
The OP did not say that they had. One had a MI, applied and got DLA, then the other. What are the chances of getting or suffering from a MI that will get you DLA as a percentage of the population? Then what are the chances of two then doing it? According to DWP, it's 0.002%.0
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Brassedoff wrote: »The OP did not say that they had. One had a MI, applied and got DLA, then the other. What are the chances of getting or suffering from a MI that will get you DLA as a percentage of the population? Then what are the chances of two then doing it? According to DWP, it's 0.002%.
I trust you can back this up with evidence?Gone ... or have I?0 -
Check out the 2009-2010 DWP report. The proportion of houses where there is two claimants with the same illness(note the don't call it a disability)0
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