I said I would you you posted about my sons claim for DLA benefit. After completing the noval like questionaire, which is very very repeatative I might add! My son was given the measly sum of £60.00 per month, we appealed and said he needed much more help than they said he needed.
In the appeal process he was still offered the £60.00 or we could have his case looked at my an independant body.
The long awaited reply came back, the independant assessor has decided he needs to be examined by a specialist as they cannot make this sort of decision by reading about his case, which we think is a good thing because you cannot explain pain in writing alone.
He has to wait until April to be seen and if he wins it will be backed dated from September.
As before watch this space!
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: January 1980 Yamaha RD200 vs 16 wheeler truck, result, 1 totally paralysed right arm. I was 21, now 54. I had no surgery, I don't regret this. Decided to totally ignore limitations (easily done aged 21) adapted very quickly to one handed life, got married, had 3 kids, worked- the effect of the injury on my life (once the pain stopped being constant) was minimal and now, aged 54, I very rarely even think of it, unless I bash it or it gets cold, then I wish I'd had it amputated :) Except for a steering knob on my car, I have no adaptations to help with life, mainly because I honestly don't think of myself as disabled and the only thing I can't do is peel potatoes, which is definitely a good thing.
Re: DLA benefit
Kel
Don't know if anyone posted these links about DLA last time you posted....this one is from the archives of the TBPI UK group's messageboard, and it's about people's individual experiences claiming DLA http://p072.ezboard.com/fadultswithbrac ... D=33.topic
and this one's from the Resources Section of the main TBPI website, you need to click on the link about claiming UK Benefits. http://www.tbpiukgroup.homestead.com/resources2.html
Hope these help :0) Best of luck!
Jen NZ
Don't know if anyone posted these links about DLA last time you posted....this one is from the archives of the TBPI UK group's messageboard, and it's about people's individual experiences claiming DLA http://p072.ezboard.com/fadultswithbrac ... D=33.topic
and this one's from the Resources Section of the main TBPI website, you need to click on the link about claiming UK Benefits. http://www.tbpiukgroup.homestead.com/resources2.html
Hope these help :0) Best of luck!
Jen NZ
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Re: DLA benefit
thankyou for the information