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DLA WAIT TIMES 2026 - AUG/SEPT/OCT

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shejokes11 · 15/10/2026 23:15

I made a new thread as the other one consisted mainly of July/August claims. Feel free to insert scan date for the above months and whether it’s a new claim or MR and update when you have been awarded ! Good Luck 🤞🏽
NC - new claims
MR - mandatory reconsideration
SD - scan date se

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Purplesparklyhippopotamuses · 23/10/2026 15:32

Thank you, an hour on hold and still waiting. Hoping they answer in the next half an hour, I need to go out at 4 😬

Purplesparklyhippopotamuses · 23/10/2026 15:44

Finally got through, still on a queue to be assigned to a case manager, which I'm assuming is the same as a decision maker?

MumNeedsFive · 23/10/2026 15:45

My scan date is 21/8 I really want to chase but I don’t understand how their timescales work, I might try and wait a couple of weeks

Mum2179 · 23/10/2026 15:48

Purplesparklyhippopotamuses · 23/10/2026 15:44

Finally got through, still on a queue to be assigned to a case manager, which I'm assuming is the same as a decision maker?

Im not sure, I had a phone call from them on the 14/09 to confirm my details and he said they it was being passed on to case worker so im not 100% sure xx

Mummyto3bx · 23/10/2026 17:41

Got told this morning my claim is now with a decision maker how long does this normally take? X

Mummybearof1 · 23/10/2026 21:03

SD 05/08 called today and had the same answer i previously had, really vague no decision has been made yet refused to tell me if it was with a case worker/ DM sure it was the same women i got last week. So it just seems like there has been no progress at all. I added in a diagnosis letter, statement from TA, appointment letter, safeguarding email to all school staff regarding vision impairment.

HariboFantastics · Yesterday 14:09

NC, SD 1/10.

Fingers crossed for us all waiting. My first time filling a DLA form and my god it is mentally taxing!!!

GoNoSixx · Yesterday 17:26

HariboFantastics · Yesterday 14:09

NC, SD 1/10.

Fingers crossed for us all waiting. My first time filling a DLA form and my god it is mentally taxing!!!

Im 10 days behind you ❤️ long wait for us yet 😂

Next few months are mega busy for us as a house hold thankfully I shouldn't have much time to obsess over the outcome 🙏🤣

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