I am on the high Mobility and Care Rates of DLA, but what happens when I am changed to PIP?
I have seen many people mention they are on PIP and it has been awarded for 3 years, and spoken to one person and she was granted PIP Award for 10 years.
Does this mean the 'Indefinite' period of DLA will not exist under the new PIP Allowance.
I recently had my annual letter stating DLA Care and Mobility, both on High Rates are 'indefinite'.
To me that makes no sense whatsoever, 'indefinite' means 'indefinite', not 3 or 10 years!
I would be interested if someone could answer this question and explain why people are only getting 3 or 10 year awards.
Apparently PIP is assessed of a totally different set of criteria, and a certain number of points need to be gained to get it.
If you Google 'Benefitsandwork' there is a lot of interesting information there about PIP, which is just another way of squeezing those who need help most.
As to why some people are getting it for longer periods I have no idea, but the search might help you to find an answer.
id like the question answered to how someone can be told there unfit for work and claim like me for 7yrs then they bring in a new system that tells people that they are cured and fit for work.
georgia is having a strees melt down trying to get help and i am getting quite stressed worring about whats going to happen to me in june
and even you are puzzled by some of meanings behind the new bennefit format.
I know this is no consolation, but the simple truth I think behind all this is that the Conservatives are dead-set on decreasing the benefits fund, probably (if true to form) to give any surplus to their well-heeled friends.
There are many very worried disabled people in this country concerned about whether they are going to be starved out of existence.
What a great reason to vote for the Conservatives at the next General Election, and I don't think.
What you are left with is 'Self Servative', meaning an individual who claims to have high moral standing but really just wants more deductables on their income tax.
A person who blindly supports maximizing profits, deregulation, cutting cost, cutting taxes, cutting benefits and then complains "You can't get good service anywhere these days"
Basically, it depends on a few factors, what sort of disorder is (as in the respect of the main one).
The disorder must be listed with DWP as a disorder that will never become better over time.
However, there is a few changes that they will give you the full rates.
It is also based on the current severity of the disorder.
A face-to-face interview is more than likely, unless the claiment is on the list of severe disorders, or as very similar results, which would lead to full rates being issued instantly.
As regards to the length of the PIP Claim this is determined again by the list of what disorders the DWP classes as severe enough not to require a face-to-face assessment, the time factor will differ upon the claiments disorder and sufficient evidence being available to justify the time factor. In most cases this will be 3 years or more depending on the claiments current situation to become progressively worse in a certain time factor.
@ archemedes (Ron) you are correct DLA will be completely removed, once all current DLA Claiments have been issued with a PIP Application Form. DLA payments will continue until either your DLA expiry date is reached or carried on if PIP is granted and if the rates continue.
Severe Disorders do not necessarily mean you will automatically place on the top PIP Mobility and Care rates, these are mentioned on a list owned by the DWP. As far as I am aware there is only 4 or 5 medical conditions listed and rare disorders like mine are not listed on it.
Your main priority is that the Application Form is completed correctly and in very much detail as possible. It is vital to your award being issued and the length. If enough evidence is provided no face-to-face interview is done. Health Professional backup may also help your claim.
its diffitcult for me les because i choose to do my treaments in a natrual way because my gp can not offer me anything to really help with out side effects i am so drug sensistive just 2 codien tablest put me hospital twice .
both of my conditions cause such an impact on my life but how to prove it is such a problem. .
Surely, your Doctor has Codeine reports and how it effects you. Codeine is one of the over-the-counter 'opiate' painkiller and highly addictive, and not even I can take it, I get far too many side effects - so for me any other medication that even contains Codeine is a definite 'No' go!
I can put you in touch with a team that has a 95% success rate of getting people through DLA/PIP/ESA Assessments, they will even come with you to an Assessment or Appeal, many people use them.
All they ask for is a £1 donation, but in many cases once the Claiment has received their award they tend to give them a larger donation for all the help they provide. They will even help you correctly fill in the Application Form they work all over the UK, and offer you assistance if you need the DWP, etc - Now, ALL calls are recorded due to the that happened previously, they tell you exactly what to ask them BEFORE even mentioning anything about your claim, this is to prevent you being given the 'cold-shoulder' from anyone at DWP/ATOS.
Let me know if this would be any help, and I'll PM you the details.
I can PM you the details, which I will PM Tiswas if she requires them.
Their ways of dealing with DLA / PIP / ESA or any Benefit form for that matter is all done confidentially, Their forums and whole website is worth reading, it certainly opened my eyes to many things, not just Benefit Entitlement, or if you are receiving the correct amounts, etc.
They even have letter templates covering numerous categories.
Let me know and I'll PM you the URL's of the sites.
I just found this... But I cannot find if this statement is true!
Claimants currently in the receipt of Contribution-based ESA & in the Support Group (Contribution based) will receive PIP High Rates.
Claimants currently in the receipt of Income-based ESA & in the Support Group will need to attand an assessment interview, are the ones that may lose their benefit.
oh yes please les this would be of great help having someone to help me fill out my forms and come with me , i get very anxious when i have to go any where , and the Aspergers makes me easly confused and frustrated as i dont always understand what i am being ask
,and when your in pain all the time its hard to think staright and no doubt the stress of a meeting will bring on fatigue which makes it even easier to be confused.
by twisting questions .
doctors dont listen , at my old surgery my gp highlighted in yellow that i was alergic to oral iron ,when i went to the hospital for my preganancy checks
the consultant looked at the card and said nonesece never heard of it .
insisted i took the pills which i didnt because i knew how ill they made me
eventuly i got so ill i woke up with memory loss i couldnt remember my name who i was or where i was , it was very scary ,i ended up needing 4 pints of blood at 8 1/2 months pregnant .and in 1984 at the height of the adds crisis .which i was very stressed about .all ready getting stressed about my fourth coming assement in june .
i more than happy to pay agood sum for having the support of someone at this time . .
i wish i could make people understand how ill i get just going to the gp surgery ,i get really hot and sweaty feel sick shake get headaches i am a mess ,and the longer i have to wait the worse the symptoms get untill some times i just cancel and leg it .
doctors feel thearting because they dont listen they make you feel that you dont understand you rown body . do you honestly think that if i could be pain free with out feeling worse that i wouldnt take a couple of pills a d ay
you have to be mad .
i know several women with f/m all on loads of pills no better of then me still in pain and shattered ones even on a mobility scooter .
i cope with natrual stuff because i moderate what i do . like i go no where
all last summer i went out 4 times and on two of those occasionsions i would have past out if id been on my own .luckly someone was with me so i went faint but someone held me up .
i am sick to death of this condition and feel like crying in fact i am because its so hard and frustrating for people to explain .how awful
