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DLA Fraud and Error Review I note DWP can turn up at claimants homes unannounced and interview them. Is this legal, as I understood that for things like Visiting Officers or EMP | flossbenji | 23-Apr-04 07:50 AM by jima | 2 | 1119 |
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CDLA/494/94 Hi I'm looking for CDLA/494/94 concerning reassurance and moral support counting as attention. Does anyone have a copy?
Thanks. | jogallag | 22-Apr-04 04:14 PM by shawn | 5 | 681 |
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Cast your minds back to 1992 Hello
Can anyone recall the introduction of DLA in 1992? I can't remember whether people who were on Attendance Allowance or Mobility Allowance at | Connolly | 19-Apr-04 09:40 PM by phil | 3 | 713 |
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CDLA/3360/1995 Hi ya
I'm trying to find a copy of CDLA/3360/1995 before Wednesday 21st April - yes that is this Wednesday! I.e now, today or tomorrow would be br | barbara banks | 19-Apr-04 11:44 AM | 0 | 484 |
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DLA over 65 early day motion (31.3.04) - That this House believes that it is injust and discriminatory to deny people who become disabled from the | shawn | 19-Apr-04 10:35 AM | 0 | 601 |
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DLA & Obesity Does anyone have any favourable Commissioners Decisions/General Information that I can use at appeal for a client whose main disabling condition is he | Margie | 16-Apr-04 01:04 PM by helen | 1 | 1354 |
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High Mobility for epilepsy? I have a client whose partner/carer's mother(!) is keen to try on a supersession of DLA to attempt to increase the low mob award to high, on the basis | Jo Bathie | 16-Apr-04 01:03 PM by mark-ringsted | 3 | 1098 |
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Anorexia and AA I have a 70 year old client who has suffered from Anorexia all her life. Got higher rate AA in 2002 but refused on renewal claim (filled in with help | vn | 16-Apr-04 12:44 PM | 0 | 583 |
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DLA while working I have a client who has severe manic-depression, although relatively well controlled, and receives High care and Low mob DLA. Client has just started | meganb | 14-Apr-04 12:42 PM by Margie | 2 | 1365 |
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Incontinence/IBS We have recently taken on a case which is due to go before Commissioner May at the end of this month. We know that he is intending to revisit the deci | Nilrem6246 | 08-Apr-04 04:40 PM by shawn | 2 | 1165 |
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'New' AA/ shorter 'pilot' DLA forms LONG ago, it seems, many of us expressed concern at the lack of prompts and space for information detailing claimants' difficulties offered by the new | Judy | 08-Apr-04 11:49 AM by mark-ringsted | 8 | 1063 |
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DLA DECISIONS & ADVICE FROM SEMA I seem to recall at least one Comm Decision on how medical advice sought from SEMA should be treated - need to refer to it for appeal, as I have a de | mike shermer | 08-Apr-04 07:56 AM | 0 | 540 |
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reassurance and attention My client's child has CF and want to establish night time care needs for DLA. Already award of MRCC. Child requires help with nebuliser, changing napp | jogallag | 07-Apr-04 12:01 PM by Tim Samuel | 3 | 735 |
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DLA and IS paid together arrears payments problems Maybe everyone else's local DWP office is better than ours, but, problem arises out of someone with a longstanding DLA award and IS and/or IB with all | Andrew_Fisher | 07-Apr-04 09:20 AM by Gary_Martin | 1 | 571 |
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Prescribed Diseases and Pre-existing Conditions A client of mine had a work accident in 1967, suffered the amputation of two fingers and a thumb from his left hand. He was awarded 40% disablement fo | daglrock060246 | 30-Mar-04 05:59 PM by daglrock060246 | 2 | 882 |
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Private hospital/nursng home? Can someone tell me the criteria for how DLA differentiate between private hospitals and nursing care? | Annie Lewis | 30-Mar-04 02:19 PM by jimmckenny | 1 | 524 |
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DLA & CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (ME)
I thought that the debate over whether ME was a physical or psychological disorder has long been settled and that the majority view was that it wa | mike shermer | 30-Mar-04 11:04 AM by andyplatts | 1 | 1185 |
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Is a Family Placement residential care? My client is age 20 and blind. Under Part 3 of the NAA 1948 a 'Family Placement' has been arranged for her by the LA in an unregistered private househ | Peter Newton | 29-Mar-04 01:44 PM by Sarah | 3 | 643 |
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Carers Allowance Can a full-time student claim Carers Allowance if they are living with disabled mother and the care they give is in excess of 35 hours per week? | raja | 29-Mar-04 09:08 AM by ken | 1 | 846 |
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Activities for Managing Life Does anyone know what, if anything, happened to the 'Activities for Managing Life' or AML trials for DLA & AA? I can't find any recent info on it. H | Suzy | 29-Mar-04 08:17 AM by Suzy | 3 | 825 |
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Variable condition At appeal shortly for a client with Addisons disease and renal problems.
DWP doctors report is quite good in many areas. States that on 'some days' c | neilcoll | 25-Mar-04 01:19 PM by sjm1708 | 8 | 1794 |
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'Disabled suffer as doctors stop claimant tests' From The Herald last week -
'Vul nerable citizens are being affected by doctors' decisions to abandon work which involves medi | shawn | 22-Mar-04 04:15 PM | 0 | 713 |
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CDLA/12315/96 does anybody have a copy of this CD please. it relates to the definition of frequent attention:
"Frequ ent attention throughout the day is not the s | jogallag | 22-Mar-04 01:33 PM by shawn | 3 | 775 |
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Day and night I recently read about a decision about the definition of "night time" for DLA purposes. It said that night time was "normal" night time, raher than be | Emmab | 22-Mar-04 09:04 AM by Emmab | 3 | 701 |
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Video evidence I'm helping someone to challenge a decision relating to DLA, and as usual I'll be requesting copies of all relevant documentation asap. This case invo | Steve | 18-Mar-04 03:03 PM by northwiltshire | 5 | 1780 |
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Sickness Benefit I am currently dealing with a guy that has a number of problems, the most recent is, Incapacity benefit have stopped his money, he apparently has not | shawh | 12-Mar-04 09:17 AM by shawh | 9 | 1047 |
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DLA-Care in Residential Homes I am an appointee for several people living in residential care homes. We have continued to receive DLA-Care for residents who are funded by the heal | psmith | 11-Mar-04 11:09 AM by glenclark | 1 | 677 |
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Carer's Allowance & self funding If a self funding resident of a residential or nursing home continues to be entitled to DLA, can a partner who calls daily and spends much of the day | Shona | 03-Mar-04 04:11 PM by jimpepin | 4 | 802 |
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carers allowance following AA supercession Hope someone can help. I have assisted a client to firstly get lower rate AA and then following a C of Circs to do supercession for higher rate. This | juliev | 03-Mar-04 12:51 PM by nevip | 1 | 655 |
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DLA backdated for immigration decisions? A client who cares for a severely disabled child has been applying for DLA for this child for over 6 years since entering the UK. She was refused unti | VictoriaJ | 02-Mar-04 03:40 PM by Emmab | 3 | 800 |