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<blockquote data-quote="Kansenji" data-source="post: 246187" data-attributes="member: 9050"><p>You get D.L.A. because you are unable to do certain things (such as walk a set distance) or because you need someone to care for you. A good website for advice on this is: <a href="http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/</a> . If you think it is worth applying for D.L.A., it is well worth paying the small annual charge to access all the guides on the site. I read the guides thoroughly, spent a lot of time completing the D.L.A. paper form and supplying extra copies of documentation (hospital letters, list of illnesses & list of medications etc.). Some of the DLA questions are repeated over & over again, so you have to give the same answers over & over again. The application form is a real pain, but persistence can pay off, as it did in my case.</p><p></p><p>My main disability is severe back pain caused by a deformed lumbar bone; I doubt whether I would have succeeded on the grounds of diabetes alone. However, if you are prone to frequent bouts of severe hypoglycemia that come on without warning & thus need a carer (your partner, for instance) with you at all times, then you might have grounds for D.L.A..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kansenji, post: 246187, member: 9050"] You get D.L.A. because you are unable to do certain things (such as walk a set distance) or because you need someone to care for you. A good website for advice on this is: [url]http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/[/url] . If you think it is worth applying for D.L.A., it is well worth paying the small annual charge to access all the guides on the site. I read the guides thoroughly, spent a lot of time completing the D.L.A. paper form and supplying extra copies of documentation (hospital letters, list of illnesses & list of medications etc.). Some of the DLA questions are repeated over & over again, so you have to give the same answers over & over again. The application form is a real pain, but persistence can pay off, as it did in my case. My main disability is severe back pain caused by a deformed lumbar bone; I doubt whether I would have succeeded on the grounds of diabetes alone. However, if you are prone to frequent bouts of severe hypoglycemia that come on without warning & thus need a carer (your partner, for instance) with you at all times, then you might have grounds for D.L.A.. [/QUOTE]
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