My daughter is due to swap from DLA to PIP and has epilepsy

Amanda6516
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Hi !!! My daughter has just turned 16 and we have been sent her PIP appilication, I'm looking for some advice on filling out her form.
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HI and welcome,When filling out the form you should put as much relevant information about how her conditions affect her. Adding a couple of recent real world examples will also be very helpful too. Make sure you add whoe was with her, where it happened and what exactly happened.PIP and DLA are totally different benefit and claiming the one doesn't mean you're automatically entitled to the other. PIP isn't awarded based on any diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect your ability to carry out daily activity based on the PIP descriptors.If you need more time to return the form you can ring DWP to ask for an extension, which they will happily give. Providing the forms are received with DWP before the deadline then her DLA will continue until a decision's been made on her PIP.Good luck.1
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Hi and welcome fingers crossed for your daughters claim and hoe it all goes well. Come back if there is anything else you want to ask0
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Welcome to the community @Amanda6516! I hope the above advice has been useful. Please do let us know how you get on, or if you have any other questions.
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