Dla if you hae no offically diagnoses?

peterpan01

Question on behalf of friend:

Can you gedt dla if you have no official diagnoses but you have depression?

Thanks

Torry_Quine

peterpan01 wrote: »

Question on behalf of friend:

Can you gedt dla if you have no official diagnoses but you have depression?

Thanks

DLA is given for needs not a diagnosis. Also any new claims are for PIP now.

Indie_Kid

You can't (apart from in NI) make a new claim for DLA. Its now PIP and the diagnosis doesn't matter. Although from experience, they do take you more seriously if you do have a diagnosis.

rogerblack

Indie_Kid wrote: »

You can't (apart from in NI) make a new claim for DLA. Its now PIP and the diagnosis doesn't matter. Although from experience, they do take you more seriously if you do have a diagnosis.

Given the username, his friend might be under 16.

poppy12345

peterpan01 wrote: »

Question on behalf of friend:

Can you gedt dla if you have no official diagnoses but you have depression?

Thanks

To claim PIP you must have had difficulties for more than 3 months and expect them to last for longer than 9 months. PIP is all about how the condition affects you in daily life and not about the condition itself. Although as Indie Kid a diagnosis will help because if you have no diagnosis how do you get proof for the claim?

Indie_Kid

poppy12345 wrote: »

Although as Indie Kid a diagnosis will help because if you have no diagnosis how do you get proof for the claim?

Surely, you'd have letters stating that you're under a consultant and are undergoing tests? One of the conditions I had, I was having regular (I think it was every 6 months) apointments at the hospital and it took them some 4 years or so to diagnose me. But there was still evidence of a disability and some of the needs as a result of this.

poppy12345

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Surely, you'd have letters stating that you're under a consultant and are undergoing tests? One of the conditions I had, I was having regular (I think it was every 6 months) apointments at the hospital and it took them some 4 years or so to diagnose me. But there was still evidence of a disability and some of the needs as a result of this.

Same for me before i was diagnosed but not everyone has a consultant...

[Deleted User]

It says you need a "doctor’s or health worker’s name", so presumably you wouldn't get very far unless that doctor acknowledges there's something wrong with you.

nannytone_2

they dont always contact your doctor.
i had 2 supersessions denied and both times the only information they used was the form.
i had to specifically ask them to contact my consultant even though her details were on the form both times.
they never even bothered contacting my GP

mrcol1000

Applied for DLA before I had a formal diagnosis. Told them what was wrong and how I struggled. Also gave details of consultant and GP. Was awarded it for a fixed period of 18 months. Once I got my formal diagnosis had to reapply and was given DLA indefinitely.

Mrs_Ryan

When I applied for PIP I kept getting told 'you have no formal diagnosis so therefore we consider you do not have this condition' however they kept on saying this after I sent them proof of the diagnosis and they said my consultant wasn't medically qualified to give a diagnosis! (I asked them who they needed to give a diagnosis then if a consultant surgeon in that field wasn't qualified. They declined to reply...)