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DLA low care

Hello I'm Kazzie0, I'm new to this, not sure what to do..
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Scope
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I would be more than happy in helping you with question about your Benefits.
First of all we have got a “Benefit Calculator” that would give you a good idea with any Benefit’s available.
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Please please let me know if you have any problems.
@steve51
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Scope
If you have a few minutes to spare, we'd appreciate your feedback on our online community.
Scope
If you have a few minutes to spare, we'd appreciate your feedback on our online community.
That said, a heart attack in May is unlikely to bring you extra DLA as any needs arising out of it would need to be there for at least 3 months and likely to remain for the next 6.
To try & explain about our questions:
- There are 2 components with DLA, one is about care, & the other about mobility.
- With the care part, there are 3 different rates - low, middle & high.
- With the mobility part, there are just 2 rates - low, & high.
Would you please look at your letter from the DWP. It should say which rates you are currently receiving.
What was puzzling, was that the total amount of DLA you said you receive, didn't seem to be made up of any combination of the different rates a person could get for DLA. So, knowing what rate you get for each part of DLA would be helpful. It sounds like you get either the low or middle rate for care, but please check which this might be, & say if you receive anything for the mobility component.
As mentioned above, your recent heart attack, which has worsened your disability, won't be taken into consideration as you need to have had the problems this caused for 3 months, which is not yet the case.
So, please let us know what rates you are getting for DLA. It may be that we can advise you about this, which may be helpful in the future if you continue to have extra care needs. You may also get advice that you may be able to get other benefits, so please help us to understand, thank you.