Dla wait times thread 68

[ProudZebra]

NC - new claim
COC - change of circumstances
MR - mandatory reconsideration
SD - scan date

My scan date took 2 weeks. They say different things. Some say 2 weeks, some say 6-8 weeks. But for a lot of people it's usually 2 weeks.

Oh really, I would be nice of them to let us know it’s been received. But that’s Dla for you 😂 was your scan date the day they received it? I’ve been basing mine off the fact they received it on 8/4

well this is where it gets interesting🤣 the first two times i called they said 29/11 to me which is perfect, i sent it on 28/11 and it arrived 29/11 but this recent time i called they said 03/12?! i think they just say anything to get you off the phone, i made sure the first two times to not mention a date so i knew it was coming from their end, i’m still taking it as 29/11 x

I wonder if that’s a new thing, my sons renewal scan date letter came really quick recently but when I did my NC over the last couple of years they’ve taken around 8 weeks for the letter to come

I would take it as 29/11 aswell, they tried telling me a different scan date once then the next time I called it was back to the original scan date, I don’t think they look properly sometimes 🙄

just received a text message saying “a decision has been made on your child’s disability living allowance” does this mean we’ve been declined? I’ve seen others get a text message saying something like “we’ve decided your child is entitled to DLA”

my stomach is turning!

when did you send the paper work in? Maybe give them a call or will they say you have to wait for the letter to come through the post

call them asap! my original didn’t say ‘your child qualifies’ it just said about the decision and we got MRC for 4 years! so it’s not always bad news xx

My SD is 18/12 and is a NC. I’ll give them a call when they open.

This settles me a lot, thank you! I’m so nervous

Fingers crossed for you!

Good luck 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 hoping mine should be soon then also as I'm same sort of date as you!!

so just called basically as my son is 4 turns 5 on the 6th May
they said they don’t back date mobility under 5 !
so that’s really annoying only the high rate care was backdated 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

Have anyone heard back around about 24/12 for N/c yet. I called last week and was still in a. Holding Queue

I'm new claim, sent back 12/12 so guessing sd is around 19th ish - if was scanned on quickly, and not heard anything yet 🙏

Good luck!!! Hoping for good news for you!!!
@LoudAquaViper

Unfortunately it’s not good news, my son has been declined. I’m gobsmacked why and how he got declined so another long 20/25 weeks ahead fighting for what he deserves

And you should see some money pending in your account unless you're with barclays, you don't get that. But let's see. Give them a ring .

Oh no! Sorry, mum.what happened?

Inwull be absolutely devastated if my dc is declined. Poor little one has a lifelong medical condition / disease forever. I'd definitely ask them to reconsider @loudaquaviper

Apparently not enough evidence and that there isn’t high enough care for what a child his age needs. Even though we have a health visitor report scoring him under his age for every single section. Also sent portage, SALT and autism assessment referrals.

im so frustrated and angry. Someone picked up his claim this morning before they opened their phone lines and made a decision. So seems they didn’t even look at his claim properly!

@Scaffwife oh I see as I was trying to figure out your back pay aswell

my son turned 5 in November

what sort of things did you send in. I’m nervous as I didn’t send all the stuff that I sent when he 1st got awarded. I thought they looked at old claim aswell

What the hell? I'm gutted for you!! I bet your livid! I'm sure they make up the rules as they go along. As you say, probably don't even read half the information. Some seem to award with very little evidence, some want blood before they will award! Chin up! Xx

How old is he? Xx

He’s 3 in June. Wakes up 2-3 times a night and will be awake for 1-2 hours a time. Started doing a sleep diary for him a few weeks ago so that will be going in the next lot of evidence too.