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How long does disability allowance usually take?

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    hawthorne
    Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭hawthorne


    clancy2018 wrote: »
    I've sent off the application about a month ago and I'm just wondering how long does it normally take, I've heard varying times.

    A year or more is not unusual.
    Most people seem to get rejected the first time. You have to appeal that decision and might get DA on the second try.
    Back pain and depression as reasons are rejected from the word go. It is the opinion of the SW officers that such problems are best cured through work.I saw it plastered all over the medical exam room every time I was called for a review.
    It also depends on whom you meet.Good luck anyhow.


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    Gatling
    Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    clancy2018 wrote: »
    I've sent off the application about a month ago and I'm just wondering how long does it normally take, I've heard varying times.

    In reality anything from several months to over a year with refusals and appeals
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    shamelessidiot
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭shamelessidiot


    Someone I know applied early August, got the rejection letter two months later in early October. Then appealed it by mid October, and received the appeal decision in mid January. That time for the appeal included the Christmas period, so it could be quicker now.


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    bassy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,542 ✭✭✭bassy


    friend of mine sent in hes appeal in august and still has not received a decision and thats 34 weeks ago he sent in hes appeal.


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    ExoPolitic
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭ExoPolitic


    Currently the turn around time is 14 weeks.


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    Paperhelper
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭Paperhelper


    If they ask you for a p45 is that good or bad?


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    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Paperhelper wrote: »
    If they ask you for a p45 is that good or bad?

    It’s not an indicator.
    If you’ve said that your no longer working then you’ll have a P45 to prove that.
    Thing is there are no more P45s as we know them.
    You can print off what we have now from your Revenue.ie MyAccount.


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