DLA Wait Times 80

[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

Yes 26th November would be your scan date, when it’s sent next day delivery the scan date is the day they receive it.

I’m still waiting for mine to be verified, at 2 weeks they tried to verify it but I had made a error so I had to start the change all over again 😞

I’m 24/06 but did mine over the phone. It’s completely ridiculous isn’t it esp when NC are being done within weeks.

I did mine wed so guessing will be a while x

Thank you for this. Any idea roughly how long NC are taking at the moment, probably not the best time to put in a NC as December and January are probably understaffed.

Mines 15th may. I rang Friday and they said was with a case worker. But I have been told that a few times over the months and hasn’t been the case xx

My brothers MR for his son was sorted last week, backpay came in yesterday. His was middle of May couldn't give me the exact date.

Was his MR a straight decline?

No his son has been awarded same as my boy, MRC + LRM backdated to his original claim date last December.
Perfect timing as he has a big trip next week for both his boys due to them possibly having a rare genetic condition. He has time to get extra supplies to keep his boys entertained on the 2+ hour journey there, during the appointment and the 2+ hour journey home.

I meant was his new claim a straight decline and then he did a MR?
I just want to know as i got a straight decline for my second daughter due to lack of evidence. Now i have the evidence so just wanted to see if i have any hope of being awarded.

But congratulations to your brother and his child. Im so happy for him that he was awarded in the end and im glad it will help him xx

Oh yes claim started December 24, straight decline i belive start of May, MR started middle of May.

Okay thank you, gives me a little bit of hope. I had a straight decline mine started febuary declined in june. Xx

Yes definitely keep the hope.
If my guess is correct they are working 26-28 weeks on MRs so should be sometime in either December or early January at the latest you hear.

Thank you so much!
Thats great, hopefully they bring the wait tims down. Feel so sorry for everyone waiting. All this waiting is extremely hard x

The wait times are definitely stressful. I'm glad my sons was quite quick simply because currently waiting for my daughters PIP, her forms were sent back about 2 weeks before my sons with a lot more evidence (OT assessments etc). We know its with the assessment company for our area, have called and requested face to face assessment so they can actually see my girl and how she's struggling. A health professional has been looking at her claim for over a month now with no assessment set yet.
So definitely not just DLA making people wait.
Good luck all who are waiting!

Have you heard anything back yet? I’ve now had a letter through my journal ‘under special circumstances they will put it back to March’
nothing else though so not sure what the next steps are all a waiting game x

Nope but I only did the change wed :-/

I sent mine 15/11 and didn’t receive a text or anything to say they had received them, I rung them on 21/11 and they said they had received them 17/11 and they was all scanned on and in the queue so don’t know what my scan date would be.

17/11 would be you scan date. It goes from the date they recieve them and they are scanned onto the system 😀

Thank you ☺️

What date did you do the change on uc?

Fingers crossed for you that you hear something regarding your daughters claim soon!
Its all stressful and the waits are really starting to get to me. Im not a person who can put it to the back of my mind either.

19th

The waiting gets to me, then I remember that this week I have a huge list of things like appointments to go to and I mostly forget til the weekend.

1st week of December is always a timetable game of tetris that leaves me with just enough energy to bake something yummy for my birthday at the start of the second week.
Burnout will be very real but also leave me with no mental space to worry about anything else.
I hope you hear back about all your kids claims soon 💝

Yeah we have appointments everyday near enough for the next two weeks.

Hopefully we can both forget about it until the weekend. Happy birthday for the following week and i hope you hear something soon! And thank you! X