Keep trying......I did!!

cloud9

Not sure if this is the place to post this but.........for those of you having problems claiming DLA as I did.......keep at 'em!!! I've been at them since beginning of April....been denied and today got a letter awarding me higher rate mobility and lower rate care. Hurraaaaaaah!!!

Update on my foot/feet:
Went to see consultant last week, wound on right foot looking decidedly better. Still need weekly dressings and not allowed to get it wet but it's going the right way. Left leg/foot is really beginning to hurt all the time now, almost unbearable at times. Consultant wants to x-ray them both this Friday and decide if surgery is necessary on it.

Hope you're all feeling well today.

hileena111

Hi
This is certainly the place to post it thanks....I dont get it but there are loads of threads dotted all over about DLA
So glad it worked out for you

Love
Hileena

Turbogran

Hi Sue
Well done you they do make it difficult I was denied it appealed denied it again went to a tribunal and got higher rate mobility as tribnal overturned dept of works 1st decision. Have had it now for about 3 and a half years

constable

Hi Sue,

Good on you, I am really pleased for you. It is nice to hear that someone actually has got it, considering the amount of others who have been denied, it gives them hope to keep the pressure on.

Karen xx

bubbles

Well done Sue, it is the right place, many of us are or have been fighting battles with the DLA, so glad that you were awarded the right decision in the end, it took me about a year to get things upgraded, but, it can be done. just a shame that we have to go through all the upset to get a bit of help. XX Bubbles

julie47

well done cloud on winning the battle with dla. It is also good news that your foot is eventually on the mend.
Good luck with your xxrays on friday.

Juliepf x

liesa

I'm so pleased for you to get the DLA, they took away my middle care component rate let me keep my higher mobility rate tho... have appealed and appealed again now its with the powers that be... have no idea as to which way this will swing, but after joining here and signing the petition i spoke directly to my MP and he is going to fight my corner, maybe those who shouldnt really get it dont bother fighting for it so drop off by the wayside, but those of us who really need and rely on it fight for it, shouldnt have to but thats lifex,
with mine as i got both i had no rent to pay no council tax, for once in my life i didnt have to worry about money, but within weeks of claiming housing benefit they took the middle rate away from me DLA and so the rent now has to be paid as well as council tax... its really been depressing me

dreamdaisy

I wonder if the powers-that-be rely on the fact that we are just too tired and ill to scrap all the way for what should be more easily granted? The system is too flawed to be effective - healthy people cannot assess the sick. DD

PS I forgot to say well done! Sorry. :oops:

frogmorton

Sue that is GREAT news!!

well done you

Hoorah!

Love

toni xx

barbara12

Hi Sue
That is brilliant news, good on you for not giving up, it will certainly inspire others to fight there corner.
I am so pleased for you, and good luck with the x rays.

tillypink

well done you , I've been denied dla, but gonna try and appeal again! x

cloud9

Thanks all..........if you need any tips, I'm an expert now.