DLA Wait Times 79

[Kirstygingee]

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

I've just called this morning and our MR has been turned down aswell. Is it worth going to tribunal ?

Thankyou I hope so the process is so stressful 😣

Thank you 😊 hopefully won’t be long for you either! I wasn’t going to call but couldn’t wait the weekend! Please let me know when you do xx

I bet you are glad you did now, such a long wait but you got the right decision in the end so it makes it worth the wait. I think I will do what you did and call the day after 31 weeks if I haven’t heard anything before. Did you send loads of evidence? I’ve sent stacks I wonder if it will delay making the decision 😵‍💫

I got my decision letter this morning on Uc they accepted the special circumstances. Quite lucky its been so fast for me xxx

Can someone work this out for me NC from 8/10 payment for £515.50 pending for Monday. Is that high care and low mobility?

I know it’s a horrible system they seem to have I know it’s not the people on the other side of the phones fault but it doesn’t help with the stress when they tell you so many different things depending on who you talk to. You spend the whole wait time stressing and guessing. Doesn’t help your life when you only apply because your child have different needs and needs extra help your heads scrambled and stressed 24/7 without the DLA faff on top of that. Fingers crossed we all get the result our children deserve and it’ll all be worth it in the end 🤞

Just rang up to tell them one of the twins has been placed on iron medication 3 times a day. And they told me its not with a DM but it shouldnt be much longer around 2-3 weeks. Has anyone else ever been told this and it been true?

When did you call for forms?

Does anyone know if there’s a difference between a decision maker and your claim been allocated please?
Was told on the phone the claim was with DM then went off to get NI number then goes back to DM to make a decision and phoned yesterday and was told it’s been allocated but what does that actually mean

It generally means that its been allocated to a decision maker from my experience.

When did you put it on your journal? Mine never even got told it's gone to decision maker so had to call up and they said it's been escalated and case manager will reply by Monday 6pm then I guess it'll be sent to one lol! Xx

I added the change on the 5th xx

Hello I put a change of circumstances on Uc the 5/11 I have had a letter put in today that they have decided it falls under special circumstances and will be entitled to back pay. Nothing about when I would receive the back pay lol x

Did you have to ask for it to be backdated and any response from them? Or did they just do it automatically?xx

I added her on with the change of circumstances date and asked for it to be backdated. They always accept it xx

I asked for it to be backdated but nobody ever responded to me so i called up today to ask if someone can atleast acknowledge it. Did they tell you they had to send it to a decision maker? lol xx

Yes they told me the 6th it was sent and there is no timescale but had the letter in today was shocked but no mention of when I would get the back pay xxcx

I think you usually get another letter stating the amount and date of backpay within 48hours. That's why i called cos noones even sent it off yet lol xx

My
Sons was yars ago but I got his same day payment. Yeah I would be complaining I have adhd so Im persistant lol zx

I can’t even remember what I sent now it was so long ago! Definitely a photocopy of his blue badge and the latest One Plan from his nursery (they might call that something different where you are, IEP or something) - can’t remember if I sent anything else. I did send a lot in for the new claim though back in 2024 x
I just can’t believe how long its taken to be honest!x

hopefully I’ve sent it off signed for yesterday and just checked they have received it I never done this last time so maybe it got lost I’ve never done a claim before so am new to all this haha any idea how long it takes for them to load it up on the system 😅

I’m completely new to this too, we’re all in the same boat but I sent extra evidence at the weekend so would’ve been sent Monday and phoned yesterday and they said they have it so pretty quickly and I just sent it with freepost I couldn’t get it to be tracked as I put free post on the envelope and didn’t know the postcode but maybe phone on Monday and ask if they have it scanned. They are pretty quick I think with extra evidence as they would already have your child’s claim and info

Thankyou will give them a call monday and hopefully where all not waiting to much longer

Yes , I was told that and it was a week.