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DLA - using a bottle instead of going to the toilet
I have a client with a DLA appeal shortly coming up. He has fibromyalgia and needs to go to the toilet 6-7 times a night. Only toilet downstairs. Rela | jogallag | 02-Mar-04 09:30 AM
by Euan_Henderson | 7 | 1420 |
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AA Appeal - Emphysema & Smoking
Have an AA Appeal for man, aged 72 turned down when he applied for AA for help w/ shopping & cleaning rather than personal care. EMPreport noted he wo | jake | 01-Mar-04 12:03 PM | 0 | 773 |
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income support
i have a client who just missed out on keeping his s.d.a because of his age. Istead he was put on i.b. while he was recieving s.d.a he was also gettin | jboy1 | 01-Mar-04 11:39 AM
by penny newell | 1 | 817 |
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Walking ability or otherwise
Have just seen an EMP report for a client - Dr says client has walking problems due to in-turning feet, and arthritis in lower back. EMP says client c | mike shermer | 01-Mar-04 10:28 AM
by shawn | 18 | 1858 |
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special rules and improvement
client returned to me today following award under SR nov 2003. he has just been advised by specialist that he is now in remission (YAY!) and is concer | jason | 26-Feb-04 03:59 PM | 0 | 692 |
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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Jones (2002)
Has anyone got a copy of this court of appeal decision - about school holidays and assessing attention needs of a child over the whole year to include | DaphneHall | 24-Feb-04 04:32 PM
by phil | 2 | 821 |
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Supervising while talking….
A recent decision by Commissioner Rowland may be useful in lower mobility cases, in countering a common DWP contention that a claimant derives mere "r | ken | 24-Feb-04 10:59 AM
by Connolly | 1 | 1014 |
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IB forms: wrong in law?
I’m currently spending my days writing a guide to incapacity for work on physical health grounds (I really don’t like to think what I must have got up | Steve Donnison | 20-Feb-04 01:18 PM
by Steve Donnison | 3 | 1417 |
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CSDLA/78/1994
Does anyone have a copy of CSDLA/78/1994. It relates to pain and severe discomfort (the Commissioner thought that pain was more than severe discomfor | stainsby | 18-Feb-04 09:02 AM
by stainsby | 2 | 901 |
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ICB and moving to France
Claimant in early 60's who has been on ICB for about 3/4 years. Doesn't receive any other benefits. Later this year he is going to move permanently | jimmckenny | 16-Feb-04 03:31 PM
by robswad | 2 | 861 |
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Compensation recovery of IIDB
I was once told by someone at the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) that if a compensator won a case and so it was agreed that the offset paid to CRU w | Andrew_Fisher | 13-Feb-04 10:18 AM
by Andrew_Fisher | 2 | 976 |
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Special Rules
You may be interested to know that, following concerns about DLA decision makers refusals to consider claims under the Special Rules procedures unless | Caldera | 13-Feb-04 07:12 AM
by chris white | 3 | 1162 |
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DLA
Am i right in thinking that you cannot claim the mobility component for DLA once you are over 65? I have a client that has received the LR Care comp o | wba | 12-Feb-04 02:59 PM
by Euan_Henderson | 6 | 1245 |
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DLA Mobility Component
One of our benefit officers has been told by Blackppol and the Pension Service that there has been a change to the law and DLA Mobility cannot be paid | chrisatkcc | 12-Feb-04 10:47 AM
by Steve_Connell | 3 | 1457 |
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Jobcentre Interviews for CA claimants
A client who has claimed CA has been told that before a decision can be made on his claim he must attend a JC+ appointment for what sounds like a work | Peter Newton | 10-Feb-04 03:20 PM
by Paul Treloar | 1 | 1081 |
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dla anytime reviews
it is over two years since i represented a young man at a tribunal to increase his dla cc from lr to mr at that time he was in reciept of a life long | jboy1 | 06-Feb-04 12:07 PM
by Andrew_Fisher | 2 | 1261 |
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DLA - Appointees
I am currently assisting a client with a DLA claim. The client has alzheimers and her husband deals with everything for her as she is not able to do | Sarah28 | 04-Feb-04 06:52 PM
by jannash | 10 | 1496 |
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What DLA is spent on- can DBU decide?
We have had an email from a mother very upset that someone at ops DBU has told her she should not be spending her autistic son's DLA on computer equip | julia bhas | 03-Feb-04 10:19 PM
by stevegale | 4 | 1429 |
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dla
I will shortly be meeting a client to do a DLA application who is from Iran and speaks little English. Are there any materials available in other lang | mary partridge | 02-Feb-04 10:14 AM
by shawn | 1 | 896 |
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DLA Claim Form - Pilot Project
As many of you will know the DWP are piloting a shortened DLA claim form at Wembley DBC. Whilst many of us would no doubt welcome any steps which red | jimmckenny | 30-Jan-04 02:57 PM
by jean | 1 | 1058 |
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DLA caselaw on variable conditions
My client has a condition which varies over time. She has care needs sufficient to meet DLA MRCC disability criteria on average about 12 days a month | Peter Newton | 30-Jan-04 02:29 PM
by ro1 | 1 | 1190 |
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disability living allowance
Has anyone any experience of obtaining this benefit for supervision/
watchi ng over a person suffering from depression who self harms and attempts sui | barbara | 29-Jan-04 11:20 AM
by Art Lagun | 6 | 2173 |
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mallinson
Hi all!
I have mislaid my copy of the mallinson decision. Can anyone fax or e-mail me a copy please and remind me of the paragraph which indicates | nevip | 27-Jan-04 12:08 PM
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mobility component for under threes
Early Day Motion tabled in parliament -
'Th at this House calls for a review of current Social Security legislation that rules that the | shawn | 27-Jan-04 10:43 AM | 0 | 1006 |
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Attendance Allowance and anxiety
I have a client who was refused AA recently. I am assisting with an appeal but I am concerned that she may have limited grounds.
The client has bee | juliev | 26-Jan-04 02:43 PM | 0 | 1136 |
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DLA Appeal: CFS/ME case
I have an appeal next week for a young woman w/ severe CFS symptoms who lost lowest rate Care & higher rate Mob on review. EMP report is contradictory | jake | 26-Jan-04 11:36 AM
by jean | 1 | 1828 |
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