DLA Wait Times 73

[megan345]

MR- Mandatory Reconsideration
NC- New Claim
COC- Change of Circumstances
SD- Scan Date
LRC- Low Rate Care
MRC- Middle Rate Care
HRC- High Rate Care
LRM- Lower Rate Mobility
HRM- Higher Rate Mobility

So sorry did you send in a lot of evidence are you taking it to tribunal ? x

Letter from chams. From well being practitioner..with my child 1 to 1 sections and how she feels and she is on medication and proof of tha x

Thank you. My mental health can't cope with all this but have to for my daughter..x

Yes i will be hun.
I sent
Ot letter and Ot test result's (that of a child half his age).
Salt report
Physio report.
Proof of all 6 points evidence.
Diganosises reports
School letters(stating his arrested development and needs full 121 at all times).
Sleep Diary.
Recent prescriptions.
Blue badge acceptance.
5page parent statement.

Plus others. Thats just off top of my head.
He asked me about his Walking and how far he could walk. I think thats why he didnt get it. We proved all 6points for SMI eoth evidence and still didnt get over turned.. 😢 i feel i have failed him so much. X

Gd luck I have everything crossed for u 💛

Sorry to post onto your post just to make it more easier to understand if you don’t already know , a decision maker & a case manager are the same people the call handlers that answer the calls are the ones that call them a decision maker or a case manager but they are the same people one call handler may say it’s gone to a case manager and another call handler may say it’s gone to a decision maker these are both people who make decisions on your children’s claims they it is confusing but i did ask when my son was awarded as I was told 2 different things - hope this helps

Don’t be so hard on yourself I know the waiting time for tribunal is a another long dreaded wait but hopefully you will get decision overturned xx

Why do they keep asking about walking with smi? Smi criteria they can walk or is it they are asking how long they can walk before there is extreme behavioural problems? My daughter has pda and although most days we don’t make it past my front gate because she is so dysregulated from all the demand leading up to leaving the house she is also extremely unpredictable running off getting into danger, very slow walking, many times we can not carry on moving because she simply can’t cope. To answer if a smi child can walk and how far is so hard to answer because they are far to unpredictable.

I have emailed my local MP it's worth a shot isn't it. Thanks for putting that it wouldn't have crossed my mind x

You’ve sent a lot in, that’s really rubbish and I hope you do submit a MR to get what she deserves

Because even with smi it has to effect there ability to walk and make progress on foot. 99.9% of autistic kids who qualify for HRM do NOT get awarded it under smi even if you think they fit it, because the criteria is so extremely strict. Most autistic kids get HRM under the VUW rules instead but even then its still hard to get, they absolute hate giving it out for some reason. my 3 year old cannot walk at all aided or unaided and is profoundly disabled and they denied mobility but my sons had it since 3 and he can walk and that was only after they done a random audit of his award after a few months and he then qualified under vuw even thkugh i knew he did (high care needs autistic, ADHD, anxiety disorder and everything else that goes along with it) I just didnt have the energy to fight then for his award but thankfully it was audited he was giving the correct rates

We’ve just been awarded LRC & LRM for our second daughter, our first gets MRC & LRM

I was shocked we didn’t get MRC as she needs more care than my eldest, I ran my claim form through AI and we worded their care needs differently not using strong enough language, it took 15 weeks from scandate to get the award and i’m dreading to think how long it’s going to take to get the MR decided on now.

Sorry to be a pain.. is it the same.phone number to.contact them and same options for MR 1 5 1 4 x

Hiya,

im currently waiting to do an MR as my DD’s renewal has gone from LRC and LRM to just LRC even though her symptoms have got worse and I sent in so much evidence and wrote so much I had to type it out and staple it to the pages

the guy on the phone yesterday said we get 30 days to do an MR from the decision date and to wait for the decision letter to ask for the statement of reasons as as soon as that’s requested it adds on another 14 days!

good luck! X

After reading all these posts im definitely going to phone up and speak to a team leader to see what exactly is going on for the time scales etc because to be honest it is a joke. Call handlers saying all different things its not fair on anyone. X

thanks for explaining

I was told it has been looked at and was now in queue for decision maker, Monday just gone
then yesterday, I was told it was in queue for case manager who makes decision. and it has not been looked at yet.

so, i guess still have some time to go.
Im still going to ring in this morning as I am worried now perhaps my daughters birth certificate and additional information has been lost in the post.

Just a quick question regarding back pay once awarded is it 3-5 days the day the decision is made or is it 3-5 the day after the award has been made.
im so confused with it all I can’t remember if she said the payment will credit my account Friday or not 🤦🏼‍♀️

Did you get awarded Tuesday? I’ve always know it work like this decision day tue, then 2 working days wed, thu then money next day fri. That’s what’s it’s been like with all 3 of my children

I got awarded yesterday afternoon.
I was just so overwhelmed with everything when I called and they were telling me the decision it just didn’t register the date the back pay would be credited to my bank account as I need to get my son a wheelchair

Good luck all those calling this morning. Let us know how you get on x

NC SD 21/3 & 26/03 good luck everyone 🤞

Just seen 10th Dec MR awarded on FB

Same 19/3 and 26/3! Good luck 🤞

NC SD 11.03
I called yesterday for an update and was told not to bother calling for an update as my claim is not even close to being looked and that I won't get a decision till August so wait till then.

Some of the call handlers are so rude! It’s clear they already working on March dates for NCs