Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
What is Disability Living Allowance (DLA)?
Disability Living Allowance - sometimes referred to as DLA - is a tax-free allowance that is not means tested. It is intended for disabled adults and children. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is divided in to two components: care and mobility.
The Care component is for people who need help with personal care needs.
The Mobility component is for people who need help with walking difficulties.
To date, it is estimated that in excess of £7 billion in benefits goes unclaimed every year - much of which should be claimed by Disability Living Allowance (DLA) applicants.
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Who is eligible for Disability Living Allowance?
If you, or someone you know, are experiencing difficulties, then it is important to acknowledge the problems and decide if there is eligibility to Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
To help you identify with your situation, we have enclosed a number of examples.
Can you identify any of the following difficulties when applied to everyday activities?
- Walking outdoors alone in unfamiliar places
- Preparing a cooked main meal for yourself
- Staying safe if you are alone
- Communicating with other people
- Getting in and out of bed
- Washing, having a bath or shower and looking after your appearance
- Getting dressed and undressed
- Social and leisure activities.
If you or someone that you know is experiencing any problems associated with any of these activities, they could be eligibility for Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
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Can I claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA) if I am already claiming other benefits?
Yes you can!
You can claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in addition to other benefits and allowances.
Even if you are a home-owner or a tenant you can still be eligible for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) as it is a "need" based benefit and can potentially increase other benefits already being paid.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is often a complementary benefit to other benefits.
To understand your full eligibility you need independent advice and or assessment. For this, you need a dedicated professional to assess your complete circumstances confidentially.
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How much Disability Living Allowance (DLA) benefit can I get?
The highest level of care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is worth £71.40 per week
For the mobility component, the higher rate is £49.85 per week.
It is possible to receive both components. Paid at the highest rates, these amounts combine to £121.25 per week.
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Case study
Forty-year-old Jim is married with children.
“I worked as a production supervisor in a processing company. One day, I was struck down with serious abdomen pain that led to hospitalisation. Further tests revealed serious underlying health conditions for which I need to take on-going medication. I cannot return to the workplace”.
Jim with the help of Housing Benefit Helpline made a successful claim for Employment and Support Allowance (previously known as Incapacity Benefit).
However, he did not realise the effects of his illness on the family budget. Unfortunately he did not know he was entitled to the care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
Luckily, Housing Benefit Helpline was able to help him through the claims process for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and he has now been a receiving his full benefit entitlements for over eighteen months.
This case study is fictitious, but helps to illustrate just some of the many ways in which Housing Benefit Helpline can help change peoples lives for the better.
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Why does Disability Living Allowance (DLA) go unclaimed?
Many people who could claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA) often do not do so. The number of people who claim for the allowance is much lower when compared to other benefits and allowances that are available.
So why does not everyone claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA)?
Some of the reasons many people do not claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are as follows:
- People do not realise that they might be entitled to claim. (You do not have to be "disabled" to claim Disability Living Allowance!)
- You may have been in contact with a health professional. That particular person may be inexperienced or too busy to assess your Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claim accurately, so may not be able to give you the best advice. This may lead to an unfair refusal, a reduced payment or wrong advice which may stop some genuine applicants starting their initial application
- Patients' lack of awareness about benefits to which they may be entitled or how to claim them
- Claim forms can be lengthy and complicated. This can lead to a form being completed incorrectly or, in the worst case, not at all
- Staff at the DWP (previously known as DHSS/DSS) might have limited understanding about how you (or someone you know) are actually feeling
- A health condition can make it impractical and/or uncomfortable. It can even stop a person from making a claim for Disability Living Allowance (DLA). For example, a course of antibiotics or antidepressants can sometimes leave a claimant not in the best frame of mind to be completing a claim form adequately.
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What if I have been refused Disability Living Allowance (DLA)?
Due to the inefficiencies of certain "officials" it has been known for refusals to be over-turned when the claim has been re-presented in a professional and methodical manner (i.e. by a professional company or consultant).
Many times, the refusal decision is based on an incorrect presentation of certain information by the claimant or by an incorrect assessment from the particular benefits office/r in question.
We have found 40% or more of "refused claims" have a very good chance of being overturned.
Needless to say, this issue is very important.
Full claim acceptance not only over-turns a previous refusal, but it also means you will probably be eligible for back-payments from the point of an initial claim.
This alone could often lead to thousands of pounds in back-payments due to you.
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How can I find out if I am eligible for Disability Living Allowance or if my refusal can be overturned?
This part is very simple!
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What is the difference between using Housing Benefit Helpline or asking the Benefit office directly?
- Which gives a personalised benefits health check
- Up to 40% of rejected claims by the benefit office are found to be incorrect
- Similar to private health care, you will be given personalised time and attention, which is sometimes lacking in government offices
- The FREE Review can be done from the comfort of your own home, and in your own time, and at your own convenience
- We look to advise all applicants in maximising their entitled benefits from several benefit departments
- Professional, Impartial and non biased consultants, will show all available benefits you may be entitled to, and if required help you to claim them
- Housing Benefit Helpline have an Excellent track record for maximising claims, over turning rejected claims and securing back payments.
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Are you getting all the benefits you are entitled to?
Housing Benefit Helpline has a number of consultants who many have over twenty years experience in administering a wide range of benefits and allowances.
We can help secure rightful entitlement to Income Support as well as other benefits and allowances.
This puts Housing Benefit Helpline in a very strong position with which to help potential claimants just like you.
To see what some of our existing clients feel about our service, read our testimonials.
We can undertake a full assessment of your circumstances for FREE and you can rest assured that we are working independently just for you - and nobody else.
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It only takes between five and ten minutes to complete our review form. In so doing, it is essential that the information you provide is as accurate as possible to allow us to gather the full extent of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and any other benefits and allowances that may be available to you.
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