Dla--- Claim Form ??

kurjam

hi can you tell me where i get a dla claim form from, can it be downloaded of a website ??
thanks for any help

alba37

Yes, you can get it HERE Download to print & fill in

Or fill it out online HERE and save it on your pc.

As advised, if you intend to fill it out yourself phone them first so they have a date for your claim.

wolfehouse

don't just download it. if you phone in (0800 88 22 00) for one they will date it and back date any payments to the date you asked for the form if you are successful.

(unless the disability is existant less than 3 months now...)

kurjam

i have had the disability since 2002 but when i claimed dla before i got refused and never bothered appealing but after reading threads on here thought it might be worth trying again...

wolfehouse

yes- phone for a form and try again. I would advise getting help from welfare rights officers or the like to fill it out because they know exactly what is being looked for (for example 20 minutes help spread throughout the day...)

be aware that they have been even stricter about giving dla since 2002 but that you should expect to appeal. save a photocopy of all applications and get free help in every step of the process.
and most of all don't stress about it.

calleyw

wolfehouse wrote: »

be aware that they have been even stricter about giving dla since 2002 but that you should expect to appeal. save a photocopy of all applications and get free help in every step of the process.
and most of all don't stress about it.

My husband has just been awarded DLA higher rate mobility and lower rate personal care.

This was his first attempt and after reading on here I took my time to fill the form in and got a social worker to check it to seem if it was ok they said yes but they where no expert. Also as my husband had just left hospital (had a stroke)he had people like physio's and dr's who could back up what we put.

I had visions of having to appeal. I made sure they where aware of simple things like he as memory lapses so said I did not think he safe with a gas cooker and was unable to life heavy items out of the cooker etc as he is one handed.

He was going to get some help to fill the form in but it would have taken him past the date the due date. So we chanced it.

So re-apply and if you don't succeed then appeal. They are hedging that people

1) don't know how to fill the forms so they don't get what they are entitled to
and
2) that people will not appeal.

Best advice is to apply and then appeal if need to. And I agree with wolfehouse don't stress about it.


Yours



Calley

widgetcat

Hi Guys

I am disabled and have been from birth (no lower left arm). When i applied for DLA in 1995 they rejected my application because I 'wasn't disabled enough'!! Can you believe it?! So, I sent a letter of appeal and asked them if I had really been rejected because my my arm would never grow back and i would be claiming for the rest of my life....needless to say within a couple of weeks I started receiving DLA...!

If they do reject your application take it to appeal, and on your application form don't hold back - include examples of every tiny, trivial little thing that you have difficulty with. Good luck with it!

Calleyw don't worry too much about your husband lifting things, he'll learn to adapt and will probably do many things (e.g. tying laces one handed) that you as an able bodied person wouldn't expect him to be able to do. Also he'll find a completely different way of doing things that may look odd (i open jars by either holding them in the crook of my elbow, or between the knees) but will get the desired results. Best wishes widgetcat

calleyw

widgetcat wrote: »

Hi Guys

Calleyw don't worry too much about your husband lifting things, he'll learn to adapt and will probably do many things (e.g. tying laces one handed) that you as an able bodied person wouldn't expect him to be able to do. Also he'll find a completely different way of doing things that may look odd (i open jars by either holding them in the crook of my elbow, or between the knees) but will get the desired results. Best wishes widgetcat

He cheats with laces he has coilers so no need to tie them;)

I do worry about him using knives as he uses he bad arm and hand. He told me that for lunch the other day I almost had carved knuckles in my sandwich :eek: as he was using his bad arm and hand to hold the meat.

I do agree it is amazing what you can do and how you adapt when you have to.

I can't believe them turned you down for DLA with only half an arm. How disabled is disabled. I was of the understanding that it was anything that physically stopped you doing things to have what is a classed as "Normal life"

Don't get me started on the people who need and can't fill in forms don't get it and people who don't need but can fill forms get it all. It drives me mad:

All the best.


Yours


Calley

TOBRUK

I had an accident 15 years ago which left me with paralysis of my right arm. I didn't apply for DLA until a few years later and was turned down. It was after being diagnosed with ME over 8 years ago then I applied got turned down and went to appeal and got the lowest rate care and medium mobility. Since then my health has deteriorated and when it came to re applying I got highest rate mobility. It is always stressful when the time comes to reapply for DLA and it is very hard work.

I live alone and despite my disability I do manage to do just about anything one handed, it is funny how you adapt and find a way of doing things. I tend not to buy laced shoes! I manage to cook, prepare veg and chop etc and even bake bread, cakes etc. It did take time to adapt and to work out the best way of doing things but you do get there, but you do go through a lot of frustration to begin with. calleyw, your husband will get there, and you must try and let him do things himself, although I'm sure it's hard.

Morglin

You can use this to help you to fill out the forms correctly, (although it's generally better if you get someone from the CAB to assist you):

http://www.benefitsnow.co.uk/default.asp

Lin

calleyw

TOBRUK wrote: »

I live alone and despite my disability I do manage to do just about anything one handed, it is funny how you adapt and find a way of doing things. I tend not to buy laced shoes! I manage to cook, prepare veg and chop etc and even bake bread, cakes etc. It did take time to adapt and to work out the best way of doing things but you do get there, but you do go through a lot of frustration to begin with. calleyw, your husband will get there, and you must try and let him do things himself, although I'm sure it's hard.

I know I have to let him get on with it. I wait until he has had a go and then ask him if he wants me to do it.

And you are so right he will adapt but he spent nearly 4 months in hospital so had everything done for him.

He makes cakes but cheats and uses a mixer :rotfl:

Yours


Calley