DLA to PIP query

TheDayToday wrote: Thank you! Supposing in the worst case the extension was not honoured, would my claim be ended? I thought I read there may be a four week suspension which can be resumed if you fail to hit the deadline and have a suitable reason.. I could really do with these extra two weeks!!

As a side note I asked more than once during the initial PIP claim call for a time extension in advance.. autism is both a mental health condition and devleopmental disorder which are two of the five conditions they should provide an extension for.. the person wouldn't budge and fobbed me off.

I repeat that we have never heard of the extension not being honoured.

If the worst came to the worst I would expect your DLA payments to be suspended until your PIP2 arrived (as long as arrived within a maximum of an extra 28 days). That is certainly the situation if a claimant does not initiate the claim in the given time.

From our experience, we would expect claimants to be required to request the extension once the PIP2 has arrived. We have not heard of it being awarded ahead of this.

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Thank you both!!

I did call to check the extension, and the staff confirmed, and added 'you've actually go a further 27 days (I forget the actual figure, it was a significant further period) but we don't mention that'

I don't know if this is true but I don't trust them so I have a couple of days to complete the form and send, using special delivery.

Do you generally recommend putting absolutely everything health-wise on the forms?? I have accrued an absolute heap of health issues. For example last night I experienced night terrors and I get this occasionally (sporadically, not weekly or monthly). That's relevant to sleep disturbance, but may or may not realise points for descriptors. There are other issues which are more personal, which may or may not count toward descriptors.

Regarding Q14a how far can you walk - for me it varies. If I have a bout of sickness, which happens frequently, I'm normally stopped in my tracks or I limp somewhere to be sick. So it would be accurate to say 0m at times. That might prevent me getting out the house till it passes. Other days I can walk a bit and get sick.

I also have a query about permitted work, is it ok to start that in a different thread to this one?

Thanks Gordon

For the sickness to be considered you must be limited by it on the majority of days and it must be clear that it prevents or limits the distance that you can walk.

Well that applies to me.

I cannot guarantee I can walk any distance on command without being overcome with sickness.

So I'm not sure if I should tick 0m, or 'it varies' and explain that variation starts from 0 meters, but after sickness passes I can usually work a further distance (which I can't easily predict as sickness onset is sometimes rapid so could be 20m, 100m, or just a few steps)?

I'm thinking about reliably and repeatedly. Also, whether I might be penalised by interpretation if I check 'it varies'.

Hope this makes sense?

The PIP form has the "must return by" date printed on the first page (assuming you tear off the first two as instructed). Should I write about the time extension somewhere?

Thanks