DLA WAITING TIMES THREAD 64

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Please feel free to add your scan date and whether it's a new claim/mandatory reconsideration/change of circumstances or renewal.
New claims (NC) - people are being told the wait time has increased to 25 weeks! I would say most are done before this though around the 20 week mark?
Mandatory reconsideration (MC) and Change of circumstances (COC) is around 20-25 weeks.
Renewals tend to be between 15-20 weeks.
If you disagree with the outcome of an MR you can appeal and go to court (tribunal)
Scan date is the date DLA scan your application forms on to their system, if you downloaded your application forms then this will be from when your award will be backdated from. If you called up for forms then the date on those is the date yours will be backdated from.
If successful and claiming universal credit (UC) please update them as this will entitle you to disabled child element adding extra to your award.

NC SD 5/11, from reading the thread am convinced I’ll be declined so have sort of accepted that now. I sent detailed daily care needs but only a supporting letter from the school Senco about them. So I’m forgetting about it now, any result would be a bonus now. Good luck everyone x

Hi my sad is 19/11 for a new claim and reading this thread I think we will be declined. My son is 3 years 6 months and non verbal and development delays, doesn’t interact with other children at nursery and nursery have said he has very little understanding of the nursery routine and can become distressed when they try to engage gim in different activities. The area senco for early years has done a report that details this and I have my son’s ieps from nursery and a speech and language report. Like someone else I’m still waiting for paediatrician report also so I think we will be declined for that.
If we need to do an mr does anyone please know if you have to send all original evidence off again or would it be just new evidence? Many thanks x

i don’t feel I can send her to nursery yet as she is non verbal it worries we incase something happens and she can’t tell us and she doesn’t play with any children in our family . Thankyou for the reply I have no more evidence yet but I have asked health visitor if she can give me any

I would like to know same thing as I’m doing m/r and was wondering if they keep the original evidence on there or if you have to resend

@UpsideDownAndBackToFront had good news. Called today as I was concerned evidence didn't go with the claim anyway I am unsure if it did. They made the decision and I have same rates for 5 years. My date will probably be a week later now though due to having the one off week payment. Thanks to your post for prompting me to call!

Guys what does a case manager do? Im in the last pile before a dm looks at it so has it already gone through a case manager? What do they do?

Cm an dm are the same they both make the decision already asked this an the lady in dla told me the same coz sometimes when I ring it’s with the cm then dm then cm so it’s the same thing

Ahh ok thank you :)

@Cozy2025 my little one is none verbal he's been going to nursery since he was 2 he's nearly 4 now. He loves it. And communicates in his own way there. You would be surprised how adaptable children are. Once the nursery staff got to know him and his little ways it was easier

Aww I am so pleased for you! 5 years is amazing! What a relief for you, you can just switch off from it now for a good while. Congrats 🥳

They have all the original evidence. You don’t need to resend anything.

NC SD 05/12 what month has been accepted so far?

They are on October nearer to the start than the end

Well they lost mine on my first claim form to 14/03/2024 and gave a no to there own mistake for me to have to do a mr the 18/09/2024 been over 22 weeks still ko decision but with dm for 2 weeks had to send loads more stuf off as they lost it

That might be a small percentage with admin error. I was recently awarded MR and didn’t send anything previously agian.

@Daniellefp82 @Glitzxx
A case manager looks after the case from start to finish
A decision maker makes the decision on entitlement, rates of award and dates to and from.
They are completely different people with completely different job roles.

They lost all mine so I had to send them all again with a written letter off myself as my little girls mum who as been though so much coming up to having her 5th op next month in 2 years to be in a wheel chair for long distance cant do pe or any sports or any activities it’s so sad to be now diagnosed with scollious at a 84degree angle and her left rib cage as snapped ribs becouse off the aangle
she as plates hoping her left hip bone togeather she as oerhs an they said no to her coz they didn’t have the letters I sent as they lost them it’s horrible to be honest now 22 weeks in a mr dm had it for a week an still no decision they have her both consults names an email address an Alderney’s her doctor her school and they didn’t go to any off them first scan date 14/03/2024 and still waiting bad really

I got told by a women on dla yesterday a total different to wot your saying they are the same people an do the same job that’s wot she told me

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We are going to need a new thread shortly , hopefully that will be my last one 🤔 not holding my breath though

Thankyou

Sometimes the person you get through to will say whatever, it depends on who you get. But it is correct that a decision maker is the only person who can actually award, determine pay dates etc.

@Frankadoodle

Yes, been silently watching this thread for a while now, I can see it reaching Thread 65 for me 😬
Nc Sd 21/10

I'm 29/10 NC il be there with you 😂

My Thread 65 buddy woohoo! 🥳😂