Done and rejected
I did apply for DLA and also sent in the HC1 forms
Both were rejected on the basis that I rarely visit my doctor.
Catch 22, I rarely visit because all he can do for me now is issue prescriptions for pain relief medication.
I decline most of these, save money ( QOTW related) by buying supermarket own brand ibuprofen and paracetamol at a fraction of the price.
However having been recently prescribed medication that I will be on for the rest of my life (Doc is understanding of my financial predicament and gives me 2 months supply on one scrip) i'm going to try the HC1 again
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Mon 14 Nov 2011, 23:57, 1 reply)

good luck.
Although if you ever apply for DLA again, and get rejected, it's really worth going to appeal. Most people don't (too much stress, too ill to handle it, can't access help, assume the DWP have done their jobs properly) but the success rate for those who do is astonishingly high.

From what I hear, part of this is that the appeals panels have to read *all* the evidence you presented, whereas a DWP decision maker has about 20 minutes to scan through each case. So cases that don't neatly fit the boxes get turned down just because some poor bugger in an office doesn't have the time to understand the situation.

I had to go to appeal a couple of years ago. I'd been turned down flat when renewing. The panel asked me a few sensible questions, spent about 20 minutes telling off the DWP representative who was present, and then unanimously reinstated my award with back-pay and an apology.
( Batsgirl, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 11:14, closed)

Maybe ive been misinformed
But I thought DLA was being phased out now?
Basically if you already on it, you are fine, any new claims are a no no.
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 22:40, closed)