How do I cancel my DLA claim.

concerned43

These 'changes' if successful will not be in before the next election and therefore I would suggest you keep your DLA and not to worry. DLA is the hardest benefit to get and any changes will not effect your claim so please rethink and forget about the scaremongering as there really is no need to worry.

Doom_and_Gloom

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I can understand people worrying about losing money if they have come to rely on it. I cannot understand why they would need to worry about losing it if it were just quietly mounting up in a savings account.

(And it's my husband who has a disability, not me.)

You are the one who said the OP could cancel their mobility car and save the money instead and build up 'a small nest egg'. However how do you know they would be able to save the money? No car could mean having to get loads of taxis instead and/or getting trains as they have to use other transportation to get around. I don't know about your area but taxis are not cheap and having to rely on them is a b!tch due to costs - last time I used a taxi it cost £20 to get where I needed to go (one way)! I have never spent less than £5 on a taxi one way that is for sure. No car may mean getting food delieverd and the delievery charge that goes with that - minimum £3.50 as you have to spend £100 to get it free!

Basically a few taxis, a train trip and a food delievery a week could easily see the OP's mobility component go if they had no car. There may be no or little way for them to save the money at all. There may be a huge worry about losing it in reality it's just that some people can't handle the stress of the unknown. OP I worry that you aren't thinking about the stress that you could suffer from from doing what you are saying. It's one thing worrying about the possibility of losing money but it's quite another to worry about the lack of money you have when it happens - you are planning just that. I fear you will cause yourself to stress if you cancel your claim. Please think about this fully.

dmg24

Doom_and_Gloom wrote: »

You are the one who said the OP could cancel their mobility car and save the money instead and build up 'a small nest egg'. However how do you know they would be able to save the money? No car could mean havig to get loads of taxis instead and/or getting trains as they have to use other transportation to get around. I don't know about your area but taxis are not cheap and having to rely on them is a b!tch due to costs - last time I used a taxi it cost £20 to get where I needed to go (one way)! I have never spent less than £5 on a taxi one way that is for sure. No car may mean getting food delieverd and the delievery charge that goes with that - minimum £3.50 as you have to spend £100 to get it free!

Basically a few taxis, a train trip and a food delievery a week could easily see the OP's mobility component go if they had no car. There may be no or little way for them to save the money at all. There may be a huge worry about losing it in reality it's just that some people can't handle the stress of the unknown. OP I worry that you aren't thinking about the stress that you could suffer from from doing what you are saying. It's one thing worrying about the possibility of losing money but it's quite another to worry about the lack of money you have when it happens - you are planning just that. I fear you will cause yourself to stress if you cancel your claim. Please think about this fully.

Giving up the car and saving the money is going to leave the OP in a far better position than giving up their DLA altogether.

Pink_Mummy

Does anyone know when these changes are planning on taking place?? I also suffer from anxiety and have back and hip problems.. I only go out on my 'good' days.. the thought of having a medical examination to prove my incapabilities scares me and annoys me (because it is a huge reminder of what I can no longer do!!)

I get DLA MC & HM and have a motabilty car, my claim is valid until July 2012.. Would I have to have a medical examination before then?? Should I give me car back and come off DLA to save the stress of it all or should I hang on until July 2012 then not reapply??

Any advice would be greatfully received

Pink_Mummy

Also.. Sorry to be thick but what does OP stand for??

Doom_and_Gloom

dmg24 wrote: »

Giving up the car and saving the money is going to leave the OP in a far better position than giving up their DLA altogether.

As I said with no car even if they were to get the component in money form it could mean they have a lack of money come the end of it. Cars are rather cheap to run when you pit them against taxis, trains, delievery charges etc. How do you know the car doesn't infact cost them less? It is entirely possible that without the car they spend all their mobility component and then more than they used to spend on petrol due to the loss of the car. This was basically my point.

Two4Tuesday

Pink_Mummy wrote: »

Also.. Sorry to be thick but what does OP stand for??

OP stands for Original Poster.

I'm still trying to work out DS, DD, DH

petrolhead.

quietheart wrote: »

you are so so wrong and FYI I'm not disabled...

I am sorry but I never said or inferred that you were.

Am I so wrong? What I did say was that with your comments, you are more than likely to fall into that particular section.

Your comments were clearly an indication of what you think and believe, all I was trying to point out was that not everybody is able to have the same qualities, thought processes or indeed strength as you clearly have.

There are many deserving cases of people that do not claim their entitlements simply because of the worry and stress involved. You should not dismiss them so easilly. I myself are one of them.

Pink_Mummy

Two4Tuesday wrote: »

OP stands for Original Poster.

I'm still trying to work out DS, DD, DH

Ohhh ok thank you for that!!

DS - Darling Son
DD - Darling Daughter
DH - Darling Husband

Doom_and_Gloom

Two4Tuesday wrote: »

OP stands for Original Poster.

I'm still trying to work out DS, DD, DH

DS = dear/darling son
DD = dear/darling daughter (sometimes can mean direct debit though depending where you are or in what context it is used, lol)
DH = dear/darling husband