DLA Claim
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Hi,
Hope you can help me. I applied for DLA nearly 3 weeks ago. I rang yesterday for an update and was told that they have received my medical statement from the doctor and that was all the information they need and it was away to a decison maker. I am not too sure if this is a good or bad sign. Any ideas? I had noted on my form that I have petrous apex granuloma, enlarged pineal gland, trigmenal neuralgia, siatica and I have just been diagnosed with lumbago. I will be attending the hospital for the next 4 years for MRI scans to do with my brain. I can barely walk most days due to the pain in my leg and back. Do you think I will be awarded the claim? I have just give you a briefing. Hope to hear from you soon
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Dimples60 Ewing1979
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i found the most important part of gaining this benefit is by giving examples of the descriptors they ask you about in the form that you fill in, is about how your disabilities effect your daily life, you need to consider your worst days, times and how it prevents from you from living "normally"
you need to consider how your life has changed, how the illnesses prevent you from going about your daily living. An example of this is something as simple as getting up in a morning. Can you get out of your bed without assistance, can you go to the toilet, wash and dress yourself? Do you need help to do those tasks, making yourself a cup of tea/coffee, breakfast. You have to explain the difficulties you have to do those tasks. Then as you go through the form, consider each descriptor, communication, medication and the side effects, going out, dressing and personal hygiene tasks, cooking, eating, toiletting, getting about. Some people can do some tasks, however it takes them a lot longer and needs aids to help them. If you have put in your form you completed how your daily life is effected by your disabilities/illnesses, then I would say you should be entitled to the benefit, but they will consider the rates as you have to score a certain amount of points to have either the enhanced or standard rate. This is for the new PIP, as DLA claims are not taken now unless you are a child.
if you wish to see further information the Government website explains everything in detail.
good Luck and I hope you access the benefit to enable you to have more funds to help you live a better quality of life.
kind Refards,
Dimples.
Ewing1979 Dimples60
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I stated on my claim that I need help get washed, making my meals and that my son has to watch over me at night time. I need help in and out of my bed and also need someone with me if I go out as I tend to fall or sometimes I take episodes were I can't see and my left leg and arm goes really weak. I have also put on the form that I have a brain cyst, enlarged pineal gland, migraine aura, siatica, trigmenal neuralgia and now they think I have lumbago. I have to go for an xray on my spine. do you think they will award the claim?
anthony97723 Ewing1979
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Dimples has given you an excellent answer and it would be worth your while reading it again. At the moment you are making the classic DLA/PIP misconception that the benefit is awarded to those who can run up the biggest list of conditions.
Having a diagnosis for a condition which is unlikely to change is the entry point for claiming PIP, as already explained it is how that condition affects you and how much personal help you have to overcome the barriers which determine if you receive the benefit.
If I were you I would stop worrying about medical conditions (you already have enough) and concentrate more on explaining what personal care you receive. There are some excellent contributors to this forum especially Flymo who has some brilliant advice and tips.
Ultimately the decision maker will decide if you will be awarded the benefit. Nobody can say with any real confidence what outcome will be but if you can show you are receiving the care required and the reasons for that care then you 'should' be awarded the benefit.