Please see Where to get advice?

As Moderators our area of expertise is in relation to disability living allowance (personal independence payment, which replaces DLA for those aged 16-64 from 2013 - 2016) attendance allowance, the personal capability assessment used in connection with incapacity benefits and the work capability assessment used in connection with employment and support allowance. So those are the only subjects on which we can provide reliable information.

Unfortunately, you also need to bear in mind that boards like this can never provide advice to individual claimants about their specific circumstances, all we can offer is general information about how the system works.

This is because there are huge range of factors which could affect your eligibility and it’s not possible or advisable for you to disclose that information on a public forum or for us to ask you the kind of questions that would be required.

We understand that this can be frustrating and that it’s sometimes a question of judgement about the degree to which a question is specific to your claim or more general in nature. But, for our sake and your own it is important that we do our best to stick to giving information rather than advice.

So, for advice about a specific problem you need to contact an advice agency if at all possible.

BEFORE YOU POST A NEW THREAD, PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR POST MAY BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT TAKE NOTE OF THESE FOUR SIMPLE RULES.

(1) Please check the FAQs to see if your question has already been answered.

(2) Please remember that there are very detailed guides to DLA and ESA claims, medicals and appeals in the members area which you should consult before posting.

(3) The forum does not cover issues such as national insurance contributions or means-testing. It only deals with issues relating to:

completing DLA and ESA claim forms,
DLA and ESA medicals,
DLA and ESA appeals,
sharing the results of your DLA or ESA claim or appeal.

(4) Please do not expect to receive individual advice specific to your circumstances.

To reiterate, moderators are not benefits specialists, they are all volunteers who can only give general information about the way the system works.

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