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Changing from DLA to PIPs
Is it possible to drop an existing DLA claim and just make a PIPS claim instead?
My client is unlikley to get the DLA HR Mob on the SMI/dangerous behavior/physical restraint critria but seems more likely to get 12 points for Activity 1 (F) of PIPs
. There has not, as far as I know, been any change in his condition and as his DLA is indefinite he isn’t likely to be invited to claim PIPs until late 2015 at the earliest.
Your claimant is a ‘self-selector’ under Reg 4 of the PIP Transitional Regs, so he can do so.
....providing, of course, you’re not in one of the post-code areas where DLA still applies. I haven’t had time to check and I can only remember the ones local to us, but you’ll find details at :
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pip-postcode-map-uk