Refused Disability Allowance

LegacyUser

Morning.

I was today refused disability allowance. The appeal forms have already been sent off and by registered post. How long is the average appeal and what rates of appeals are successful would anyone know?

Thank you.

wifey28

it completely depends on you and the grounds you are applying on .

For some people it takes years and severalappeals. others get it first time in a matter for 7-8 weeks

No case is cut and dry (ok some are but not most)

Did you put more medical evidence with the appeal and include a written statement from yourself on how your illness effects your daily life?

Nomis21

It can also depend on the work you usually do. I was a bus driver and suffer from vertigo attacks. I still had to appeal even though no one would want a bus driver having a vertigo attack at 100 kph!

Whole process took about a year.

LegacyUser

Further evidence is being submitted next week hopefully after the next appointment with mental health professionals.These problems have been going on for a good 20 years now all in and it is worse they are getting.Would anyone know the statistics for appeal waiting times/success?

wifey28

its case by case im afraid, with mental health issues its often harder to get it as its harder to prove it stops you from working. Some people it takes years for fighting.

Ahashki

OldTimer1 wrote: »

Further evidence is being submitted next week hopefully after the next appointment with mental health professionals.These problems have been going on for a good 20 years now all in and it is worse they are getting.Would anyone know the statistics for appeal waiting times/success?

It depends, but nearly everyone has been refused the first time out after the initial application. So it's a process really as to see who goes away , and who hangs in there, the second appeal,will take about 3months, but you can send in more evidence, once your appeal has been sent iyou just have to be patient, it's a waiting game,

splinter65

Ahashki wrote: »

It depends, but nearly everyone has been refused the first time out after the initial application. So it's a process really as to see who goes away , and who hangs in there, the second appeal,will take about 3months, but you can send in more evidence, once your appeal has been sent iyou just have to be patient, it's a waiting game,

Most people posting here have been disapproved, that’s why their posting.
Claimants are disapproved either because their condition doesn’t prevent them from working , or they haven’t provided enough evidence that their condition prevents them from working, or they don’t pass the means test.
Everyone else is approved.

wifey28

^^ speaks the thruth, people rarely post when they get accepted first try.


For eg I got accepted in 8weeks, but I also applied because i was diagnosed with cancer and was very much unable to work and stil am a year later, and unlikely to ever be able to go back due to side effects and severe mental health issues
(they were present before cancer but worse now) But even i had to call more than once to check up on my case.

LegacyUser

They have accepted that there is an incapacity,but they also say i can still work,this is apparently the way they usually conduct it in at least 50% of first time applications,my appeal was received by the office of appeal so now i just need to wait,my appointments with mental health services have increased 3 fold, plus the diagnosis have gone up as well,so a letter is now needed from the social worker to verify it,my diagnosis has gone on all of my adult life and even my childhood before it,i had high aspirations in life but never achieved them due to my health problems,there is more than just mental health problems,there is also physical.