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Questions about Disability Allowance Forms

  • 05-09-2019 11:06pm
    #1
    Cefricitho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hey,

    I'm applying for disability allowance for my neurological condition after a hopeless summer trying to find a job but I'm having difficulty filling out the form and was looking for some help.

    1) Does the form have to be sent in two different envelops the first part of the form by me and the second by my doctor or can I send all of it together.

    2) Can I request to stay in the room with my doctor while he's filling out the form, I have a very complicated condition and he's a new doctor I've never visited before and am scared he won't take it seriously.

    Sorry if this isn't the right place but I'm very desperate for help, it feels like that make this process very difficult on purpose to deter but I could really use the help.
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  • #2
    JenD87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭JenD87


    Cefricitho wrote: »
    Hey,

    I'm applying for disability allowance for my neurological condition after a hopeless summer trying to find a job but I'm having difficulty filling out the form and was looking for some help.

    1) Does the form have to be sent in two different envelops the first part of the form by me and the second by my doctor or can I send all of it together.

    2) Can I request to stay in the room with my doctor while he's filling out the form, I have a very complicated condition and he's a new doctor I've never visited before and am scared he won't take it seriously.

    Sorry if this isn't the right place but I'm very desperate for help, it feels like that make this process very difficult on purpose to deter but I could really use the help.

    I sent it all together when I was applying for invalidity pension. I also had a consultant letter with it. Go have a chat with your doc and bring him an up to date consultant letter.
    I cant see why you wouldnt be able to be sitting with the doc while they fill it out but that depends on what they think.


  • #3
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    My GP filled it in with me there, I seem to remember there are rating scales about how your illness affects different areas of your life, we discussed together the appropriate rating. I mostly deal with my consultant rather than the GP so he wouldn't have been overly familiar with my condition, he mostly took my word for it. Obviously he would have had correspondence from my consultant also to refer to.


  • #4
    JenD87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭JenD87


    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    My GP filled it in with me there, I seem to remember there are rating scales about how your illness affects different areas of your life, we discussed together the appropriate rating. I mostly deal with my consultant rather than the GP so he wouldn't have been overly familiar with my condition, he mostly took my word for it. Obviously he would have had correspondence from my consultant also to refer to.
    It took 15 weeks for my application to be processed. Then another month for the first payment. Waiting times for those 2 schemes are quite long. But if you are approved you will have any money backdated from your date of application


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