Another from my search-engine list – can I still apply for DLA if I do not get IB/ESA?
Absolutely – DLA is nothing to do with either benefit – you can claim it even if you are working.
It’s provided to help the disabled with the additional costs of mobility and care that disability generates. Obviously, you can be disabled (as an amputee, for example), and still work.
You can download a claim form to complete on your computer from this page.
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HI Ron ,
Iv’e been in reciept of I/B for several tears now and very recently returned an incapacity test form. Having not heard anything from “them” I phoned DWP and was told that I am not due to fill in another assesment form until december 2012. I was also advised to claim DLA.I am incapacitated through depresion, anxiety and asthma. Do you have any advice that I can follow either before i fill in the DLA form or indeed compleating the DLA form?
THANKING YOU
Bill The Socialist
Hi Bill,
Try this http://ronsrants.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/claiming-dla-and-esa-some-tips/ .
Use the downloadable form so you can play with it til you get it right. If you’ve already got a claim pack by post, you’ll then have to transfer the info to that by hand, as your claim will date from when it was sent out (and it’s probably coded and/or date-stamped).
While the mobility component of DLA is predicated on the inability to walk, mental health problems count, too, so make sure you emphasise whatever problems you’re having.
And, if you’re taking any COPD meds, you need this one, too http://ronsrants.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/depression-in-copd/
Ron.