Dla and esa

Hi all hoping for some help.I receive Dla higher rate mobility and lower rate care component.I also receive esa at £65.35 per week.my esa is contribution based and I have been receiving it for 18 months now since I was medically retired after an accident at work.I have been attending a consultant for the past few months with short term memory loss and after brain scans and ecgs he now tells me I have early onset altzheimers.My question is would it be worth my while applying for a higher rate of dla care component? I ask this because having seen some of the horror stories about people with disabilities losing dla might I be better not rocking the boat as they say.also would I be entitled to a higher rate on esa?Thanks for any help.

James wrote:

Hi all hoping for some help.I receive Dla higher rate mobility and lower rate care component.I also receive esa at £65.35 per week.my esa is contribution based and I have been receiving it for 18 months now since I was medically retired after an accident at work.I have been attending a consultant for the past few months with short term memory loss and after brain scans and ecgs he now tells me I have early onset altzheimers.My question is would it be worth my while applying for a higher rate of dla care component? I ask this because having seen some of the horror stories about people with disabilities losing dla might I be better not rocking the boat as they say.also would I be entitled to a higher rate on esa?Thanks for any help.

last year of over a 180,000 people asked for dla to be looked at again 3% lost there award full stats are on this site somewhere

that said having something new wrong does not always mean you will get more dla the big question is how have you needs changed ? what extra help do you need ?

read up here

www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/specialist-g...brain-disorders/#alz