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

Amanda6516
Amanda6516 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
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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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    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.
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    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 ask
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,468 Championing
    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.

    How are you getting on today? Feel free to stick around and join in with our other discussions :) 

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