My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it 
expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much the 
same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
Thanks in advance
Dave

daveetwo wrote:
> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it 
> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much the 
> same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> Thanks in advance
> Dave
> 
> 

The form is a bit different but the rules are still the same.

-- 
Robbie

On 9 May, 15:44, Robbie  wrote:
> daveetwo wrote:
> > My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
> > expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> > Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much the
> > same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Dave
>
> The form is a bit different but the rules are still the same.
>
> --
> Robbie

Though as its a new decision, doesn't mean the decision will be the
same even if the form is filled in word for word like the last one.
They do make mistakes, in awarding as well as rejecting.

Martin  <><

"daveetwo"  wrote in message 
news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it 
> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much 
> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> Thanks in advance
> Dave
>
>
Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I 
was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in 
this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the 
current conditions.
If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then 
would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
Thanks for your thoughts
Dave

Dave Hall wrote:
> "daveetwo"  wrote in message 
> news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it 
>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much 
>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Dave
>>
>>
> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I 
> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in 
> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the 
> current conditions.
> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then 
> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
> Thanks for your thoughts
> Dave
> 
> 

The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive 
to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before 
the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would 
take effect.

My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of 
Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in 
which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will 
be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending 
it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.

The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or 
so for most people.

-- 
Robbie

On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
> Dave Hall wrote:
> > "daveetwo"  wrote in message
> >news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
> >> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
> >> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> >> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
> >> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> >> Thanks in advance
> >> Dave
>
> > Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
> > the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I
> > was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in
> > this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
> > current conditions.
> > If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then
> > would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
> > Thanks for your thoughts
> > Dave
>
> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before
> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
> take effect.
>
> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in
> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.
>
> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or
> so for most people.
>
> --
> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around
with if they do reject the renewal claim.
Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
with the decision.

Martin  <><

mart2306@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
>> Dave Hall wrote:
>>> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
>>> news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
>>>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
>>>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
>>>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
>>>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>> Dave
>>> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
>>> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I
>>> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in
>>> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
>>> current conditions.
>>> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then
>>> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
>>> Thanks for your thoughts
>>> Dave
>> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
>> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before
>> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
>> take effect.
>>
>> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
>> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in
>> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
>> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
>> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.
>>
>> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or
>> so for most people.
>>
>> --
>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> 
> The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around
> with if they do reject the renewal claim.
> Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
> with the decision.
> 
> Martin  <><

But does the money stop straightaway?

-- 
Robbie

Robbie wrote:
> mart2306@hotmail.com wrote:
>> On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
>>> Dave Hall wrote:
>>>> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
>>>> news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
>>>>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
>>>>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send 
>>>>> off.
>>>>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect 
>>>>> much
>>>>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health 
>>>>> issues?
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>> Dave
>>>> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
>>>> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it 
>>>> back. I
>>>> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits 
>>>> due in
>>>> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
>>>> current conditions.
>>>> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed 
>>>> then
>>>> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it 
>>>> right away?
>>>> Thanks for your thoughts
>>>> Dave
>>> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
>>> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before
>>> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
>>> take effect.
>>>
>>> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
>>> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in
>>> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
>>> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
>>> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.
>>>
>>> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or
>>> so for most people.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around
>> with if they do reject the renewal claim.
>> Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
>> with the decision.
>>
>> Martin  <><
> 
> But does the money stop straightaway?
> 

I meant to add, if it does 6 months time to sort out having benefit 
stopped is a hollow advantage. A claimant may as well wait to submit the 
form.

-- 
Robbie

On 12 May, 19:18, Robbie  wrote:
> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
> >> Dave Hall wrote:
> >>> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
> >>>news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
> >>>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it> >>>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> >>>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
> >>>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> >>>> Thanks in advance
> >>>> Dave
> >>> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
> >>> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I
> >>> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in
> >>> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
> >>> current conditions.
> >>> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then
> >>> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
> >>> Thanks for your thoughts
> >>> Dave
> >> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
> >> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before> >> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
> >> take effect.
>
> >> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
> >> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in> >> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
> >> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
> >> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it> >> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or> >> so for most people.
>
> >> --
> >> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around
> > with if they do reject the renewal claim.
> > Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
> > with the decision.
>
> > Martin  <><
>
> But does the money stop straightaway?
>
> --
> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Depends if the award merely ends or is stopped.

Martin  <><

mart2306@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 12 May, 19:18, Robbie  wrote:
>> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
>>>> Dave Hall wrote:
>>>>> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
>>>>>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
>>>>>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
>>>>>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
>>>>>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
>>>>> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I
>>>>> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in
>>>>> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
>>>>> current conditions.
>>>>> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then
>>>>> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
>>>>> Thanks for your thoughts
>>>>> Dave
>>>> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
>>>> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before
>>>> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
>>>> take effect.
>>>> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
>>>> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in
>>>> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
>>>> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
>>>> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.
>>>> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or
>>>> so for most people.
>>>> --
>>>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around
>>> with if they do reject the renewal claim.
>>> Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
>>> with the decision.
>>> Martin  <><
>> But does the money stop straightaway?
>>
>> --
>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> 
> Depends if the award merely ends or is stopped.
> 
> Martin  <><

This is what I am trying to ascertain! How do DLA decide what they are 
going to do? There's a big difference between DLA allowing the original 
claim to run to its original end date and DLA immediately ceasing or 
lowering DLA.

DLA unit will not tell people what the official policy is - and this is 
why so many people leave it as late as possible to submit the renewal 
claim form.

Anyone with any sense isn't going to send a form back months in advance 
if benefit could stop straight away. Far better to leave it as late as 
possible as it could mean more money in the mean time.

-- 
Robbie

On 12 May, 21:25, Robbie  wrote:
> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 12 May, 19:18, Robbie  wrote:
> >> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>> On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
> >>>> Dave Hall wrote:
> >>>>> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
> >>>>>news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
> >>>>>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
> >>>>>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> >>>>>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
> >>>>>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> >>>>>> Thanks in advance
> >>>>>> Dave
> >>>>> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
> >>>>> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I
> >>>>> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in
> >>>>> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
> >>>>> current conditions.
> >>>>> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then
> >>>>> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
> >>>>> Thanks for your thoughts
> >>>>> Dave
> >>>> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
> >>>> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before
> >>>> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
> >>>> take effect.
> >>>> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
> >>>> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in
> >>>> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
> >>>> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
> >>>> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.
> >>>> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or
> >>>> so for most people.
> >>>> --
> >>>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
> >>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>> The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around
> >>> with if they do reject the renewal claim.
> >>> Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
> >>> with the decision.
> >>> Martin  <><
> >> But does the money stop straightaway?
>
> >> --
> >> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Depends if the award merely ends or is stopped.
>
> > Martin  <><
>
> This is what I am trying to ascertain! How do DLA decide what they are
> going to do? There's a big difference between DLA allowing the original
> claim to run to its original end date and DLA immediately ceasing or
> lowering DLA.
>
> DLA unit will not tell people what the official policy is - and this is
> why so many people leave it as late as possible to submit the renewal
> claim form.
>
> Anyone with any sense isn't going to send a form back months in advance
> if benefit could stop straight away. Far better to leave it as late as
> possible as it could mean more money in the mean time.
>
> --
> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

And the disadvantage to that is that if the renewal is disallowed or
reduced, the review/appeal process takes longer than the old award has
left to run.
Advantages and disadvantages either way.

I'd hope they don't have an official policy regarding renewal claims,
at least then each decision would be on its own merits rather than
broad brush approach.

Martin  <><

mart2306@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 12 May, 21:25, Robbie  wrote:
>> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> On 12 May, 19:18, Robbie  wrote:
>>>> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>> On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
>>>>>> Dave Hall wrote:
>>>>>>> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
>>>>>>>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
>>>>>>>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
>>>>>>>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
>>>>>>>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
>>>>>>> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I
>>>>>>> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in
>>>>>>> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
>>>>>>> current conditions.
>>>>>>> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then
>>>>>>> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
>>>>>>> Thanks for your thoughts
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
>>>>>> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before
>>>>>> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
>>>>>> take effect.
>>>>>> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
>>>>>> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in
>>>>>> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
>>>>>> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
>>>>>> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.
>>>>>> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or
>>>>>> so for most people.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>> The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around
>>>>> with if they do reject the renewal claim.
>>>>> Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
>>>>> with the decision.
>>>>> Martin  <><
>>>> But does the money stop straightaway?
>>>> --
>>>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> Depends if the award merely ends or is stopped.
>>> Martin  <><
>> This is what I am trying to ascertain! How do DLA decide what they are
>> going to do? There's a big difference between DLA allowing the original
>> claim to run to its original end date and DLA immediately ceasing or
>> lowering DLA.
>>
>> DLA unit will not tell people what the official policy is - and this is
>> why so many people leave it as late as possible to submit the renewal
>> claim form.
>>
>> Anyone with any sense isn't going to send a form back months in advance
>> if benefit could stop straight away. Far better to leave it as late as
>> possible as it could mean more money in the mean time.
>>
>> --
>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> 
> And the disadvantage to that is that if the renewal is disallowed or
> reduced, the review/appeal process takes longer than the old award has
> left to run.
> Advantages and disadvantages either way.

But if the DLA ceases or reduces straightaway then there is no 
disadvantage. And plenty of advantages - if the appeal is lost anyway, 
the person got DLA for longer.

> 
> I'd hope they don't have an official policy regarding renewal claims,
> at least then each decision would be on its own merits rather than
> broad brush approach.
> 
> Martin  <><
> 

There has to be a proper policy, otherwise some people will get to keep 
DLA until the original end date, others will find it ceases straightaway.
-- 
Robbie

On 13 May, 11:33, Robbie  wrote:
> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 12 May, 21:25, Robbie  wrote:
> >> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>> On 12 May, 19:18, Robbie  wrote:
> >>>> mart2...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>>>> On 12 May, 17:44, Robbie  wrote:
> >>>>>> Dave Hall wrote:
> >>>>>>> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
> >>>>>>>news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
> >>>>>>>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
> >>>>>>>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> >>>>>>>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
> >>>>>>>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> >>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
> >>>>>>>> Dave
> >>>>>>> Thanks for your replies guys. A further question:
> >>>>>>> the expiry date is october so theres plenty of time to sending it back. I
> >>>>>>> was going to wait for a couple of months to see if hospital visits due in
> >>>>>>> this period of time will be over with which may or may not change the
> >>>>>>> current conditions.
> >>>>>>> If we send it back say july and they decide that things have changed then
> >>>>>>> would they still wait till october to implement changes or do it right away?
> >>>>>>> Thanks for your thoughts
> >>>>>>> Dave
> >>>>>> The answer to this is they will not tell you. There's not much incentive
> >>>>>> to send the form in early if the award could be reduced / ceased before
> >>>>>> the renewal date but they will never say from what date any change would
> >>>>>> take effect.
> >>>>>> My advice would be, unless it will be complex or require a number of
> >>>>>> Doctors / specialist reports, wait until about 3 months before hand (in
> >>>>>> which you may receive a number of reminders) to send it in, which will
> >>>>>> be the July date you mentioned. Date it on the day you will be sending
> >>>>>> it in and not, say, a month before or whenever you actually complete it.
> >>>>>> The clearing times this year appear to have been about 8 to 10 weeks or
> >>>>>> so for most people.
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
> >>>>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>>>> The 6 months timescale however does provide something to play around> >>>>> with if they do reject the renewal claim.
> >>>>> Gives time for a review or appeal (not perhaps both) if disagreeing
> >>>>> with the decision.
> >>>>> Martin  <><
> >>>> But does the money stop straightaway?
> >>>> --
> >>>> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
> >>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>> Depends if the award merely ends or is stopped.
> >>> Martin  <><
> >> This is what I am trying to ascertain! How do DLA decide what they are
> >> going to do? There's a big difference between DLA allowing the original> >> claim to run to its original end date and DLA immediately ceasing or
> >> lowering DLA.
>
> >> DLA unit will not tell people what the official policy is - and this is> >> why so many people leave it as late as possible to submit the renewal
> >> claim form.
>
> >> Anyone with any sense isn't going to send a form back months in advance> >> if benefit could stop straight away. Far better to leave it as late as
> >> possible as it could mean more money in the mean time.
>
> >> --
> >> Robbie- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > And the disadvantage to that is that if the renewal is disallowed or
> > reduced, the review/appeal process takes longer than the old award has
> > left to run.
> > Advantages and disadvantages either way.
>
> But if the DLA ceases or reduces straightaway then there is no
> disadvantage. And plenty of advantages - if the appeal is lost anyway,
> the person got DLA for longer.

And if the DLA doesn't cease or reduce straightaway then there is time
to get the decision looked at again.

>
>
>
> > I'd hope they don't have an official policy regarding renewal claims,
> > at least then each decision would be on its own merits rather than
> > broad brush approach.
>
> > Martin  <><
>
> There has to be a proper policy, otherwise some people will get to keep
> DLA until the original end date, others will find it ceases straightaway.
> --
> Robbie- Hide quoted text -

Yes, some people would get to keep it, others would lose it straight
away.
But we are talking individual claims here. A broad brush approach,
while quite common in our society, does tend to ignore individual
needs.

The people that will know if they do have a policy or not will be the
people doing the adjudication on those claims.

Martin  <><

"daveetwo"  wrote in message 
news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it 
> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much 
> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> Thanks in advance
> Dave
>
>
Thanks for replies guys, Weve been to consultant today and they said when we 
did the forms they would strongly recommend a continuance of the dla and 
give the application thier full support so at least they agree things have 
not changed significantly enough to change a dla decision.

dave hall wrote:
> "daveetwo"  wrote in message 
> news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...
>> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it 
>> expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
>> Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much 
>> the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Dave
>>
>>
> Thanks for replies guys, Weve been to consultant today and they said when we 
> did the forms they would strongly recommend a continuance of the dla and 
> give the application thier full support so at least they agree things have 
> not changed significantly enough to change a dla decision.
> 
> 

If you could get the consultant to provide a letter to back up the claim 
it may speed up things.

-- 
Robbie

>>
>>
>
> If you could get the consultant to provide a letter to back up the claim 
> it may speed up things.
>
> -- 
> Robbie

They offered to do that and in fact they are going to look at the form when 
we next go at the end of june.

It has made feel more comfortable about the renewal process.

dave hall wrote:
>>>
>> If you could get the consultant to provide a letter to back up the claim 
>> it may speed up things.
>>
>> -- 
>> Robbie
> 
> They offered to do that and in fact they are going to look at the form when 
> we next go at the end of june.
> 
> It has made feel more comfortable about the renewal process.
> 
> 

Hopefully it will work out OK and she will be on the same rate as before.
-- 
Robbie

On 15 May, 15:43, "dave hall"  wrote:
> "daveetwo"  wrote in message
>
> news:26YUj.38436$AL4.24115@newsfe23.ams2...> My wife has had dla for 2 and half years. They have writted to say it
> > expires in october and sent a new questionaire to fill in and send off.
> > Have the rules changed at all recently or can we reasonably expect much
> > the same result if there are no significant changes to her health issues?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Dave
>
> Thanks for replies guys, Weve been to consultant today and they said when we
> did the forms they would strongly recommend a continuance of the dla and
> give the application thier full support so at least they agree things have
> not changed significantly enough to change a dla decision.

Unfortunately its not down to them. Still, at least they give you
their full support.

Martin  <><

On 15 May, 16:28, Robbie  wrote:
> dave hall wrote:
>
> >> If you could get the consultant to provide a letter to back up the claim
> >> it may speed up things.
>
> >> --
> >> Robbie
>
> > They offered to do that and in fact they are going to look at the form when
> > we next go at the end of june.
>
> > It has made feel more comfortable about the renewal process.
>
> Hopefully it will work out OK and she will be on the same rate as before.
> --
> Robbie

Or even a higher rate!
Seriously, I've come across a number of people over the years who get
awarded for a limited time to start off with by their local disability
centre.
Then on renewal they have had the award done at the same rate for the
rest of their life. ie no more renewals. But different decision
makers.



Martin  <><

>>
>> Thanks for replies guys, Weve been to consultant today and they said when 
>> we
>> did the forms they would strongly recommend a continuance of the dla and
>> give the application thier full support so at least they agree things 
>> have
>> not changed significantly enough to change a dla decision.
>
> Unfortunately its not down to them. Still, at least they give you
> their full support.
>
> Martin  <><
I understand that the decision is not thiers but thier support at least 
justifies doing all the forums.
Weve never claimed dla for my wife until told about it when i turned 60. If 
we had claimed all the years when her health was far worse than now it would 
have been a huge amount of money in todays terms.
Even now i get pangs of conscience even though its a valid claim just 
because weve never wanted to rely on benefits.

On 15 May, 19:36, "Dave Hall"  wrote:
> >> Thanks for replies guys, Weve been to consultant today and they said when
> >> we
> >> did the forms they would strongly recommend a continuance of the dla and
> >> give the application thier full support so at least they agree things
> >> have
> >> not changed significantly enough to change a dla decision.
>
> > Unfortunately its not down to them. Still, at least they give you
> > their full support.
>
> > Martin  <><
>
> I understand that the decision is not thiers but thier support at least
> justifies doing all the forums.
> Weve never claimed dla for my wife until told about it when i turned 60. If
> we had claimed all the years when her health was far worse than now it would
> have been a huge amount of money in todays terms.
> Even now i get pangs of conscience even though its a valid claim just
> because weve never wanted to rely on benefits.

Its not as if it was never advertised. Just one of those things you
don't think of until you get it pushed in front of you or where it
becomes desperately needed.
Benefits are supposed to be there as a safety net. Usable when you
stumble to prevent hurting too bad as you fall.
Sadly for some its a way of life that they have no intention of ever
coming off.

Martin  <><