DLA -please help

Hi,
This is my first post here so hopefully I won't make any mistakes!
I claimed DLA 18 months ago and was awarded high care and high mobility for three years, however in October I got a letter saying they had recieved information about me and I had to fill out the enquiry form. I have a pretty good idea who did it as I have a neighbour who has made false accusations against me and it happened just after I got a motability car. I developed a condition about 2 and a half years ago, I have constant pain in my back, my pelvis and legs. I have severe stiffness in my hips and joints. I can't walk without pain, it gets worse as I walk, I go really slowly and my left leg is turned in and I have to walk on the side of my left foot.
It hurts to do anything, I take painkillers but they don't help much. It takes me ages to get up and downstairs, to ga
et washed to get dressed, I havee to keep sitting down. I get anxiety and panic attacks when I am out. I can't sleep well, it is agony at night and its really hard to move to get up in the night and morning and it often wakes me up and i don't gt much sleep.
I had to have a medical at home 2 weeks ago and the doctor was usless, he hardly looked at me and was in a big hurry to get away.
Today I got a letter saying I am not entitled to an DLA and it has been stopped.
I got my gp to send a report and he said my spinal movement is limited and that I have not mad any improvement.
I have phoned my local welfare benefits for advice about appealing and I'm waiting on them phonong them back.
I'm really upset, I am in so much pan and now I'm going to lose everything just because somenne is jealous. I don't know what will happen with my car, I take it i will lose it so I will be stuck in the house again as I can't use buses or walk very far. And my neighbour will enjoy seeing me lose it.
I was hoping someone might be able to offer advice, I feel pretty down and upset to have a letter saying I don't have any problems, its a kick in the face really.
Sorry this has been so long, thanks for reading xx
Caroline

Hi Caroline

I'm glad you are appealing. Please don't take the view that you are going to lose. DLA appeals have a high success rate and many successes have been posted on this forum.

You will find valuable advice in the DLA appeal guide in the members' area.

Good luck

Derek

OK, take a deep breath.

You have a month to appeal. If you can't get all your documents in by then, the tribunal has the discretion to accept documents submitted late, but from what you say, your GP is on your side, so if your adviser says what is needed, you can ask your GP for a more detailed report.

You can ask the DWP for a detailed breakdown of their decision, but although you get another two weeks after that to get your appeal in, I'd recommend that you don't wait before putting your case together.

Take a look at our guide to appeals in the Help for Claimants section. It's not very long.

Thanks for the replies, I really appreciate that people will help me with this


I was thinking that the gps report wasn't very detailed, I was just upset at being thought of as a fraud and I asked him to write something for me. I know that when I did my original claim they wrote to him for a report and then I was awarded my DLA.

The only person I see is my GP. I did have an OT but nearly two years ago. I am waiting to see a rheulatologist and after that the gp will refer me to physio. I am worried about not having lots of propfesionals to back me up.
My gp knows how it affects me, he knows now much trouble I have walking so hopefully that will help.
I was realyy inimpressed by the doctor from the DWP. He barely looked at me till the end and asked me how far I could bend over, which was not at all, the whole thing took 30 mins from him arriving to leaving and he was impatient and in a hurry.
Thanks for the advice, the welfare benefits haven't phoned me back yet hopefully tomorrow xx

Hi,
I don't want to be a nuisnace but I'm not sure what to do now. The welfare benefits haven't phoned me back yet, the woman on the phone said she would mark it as urgent though.
My award was stopped on the 26th of January. I'm sick with worry but I don't know what to do about things, its too upsetting to face up to. For example, I get housing and council tax benefit so they will have to be informed, I get extra tax credits due to the DLA so I will need to let them know and they will be gone too, and then the car, I know I need to phone them up but it's horrible, I'm not entitled to it anymore so I will need to sort out giving it back
My blue badge is valid till jul 12 so if they don't ask for it back should I keep using it or risk getting into trouble?
Sorry for rambling

Hi
I just spoke to the motbility people and they said that I hve 6 months to people and keep the car in tht time which is a huge relief and really good of them. She said that if the appeal goes o then they get the money back and if it doesn't then I will give the car back. I'm going to look into funding a car myself in case, don 't know how though.
I don't know how they sleep at night.
Thanks xx