fizzywizzywawa wrote: hi
im new to all this benefits malarkie and was just wondering ive got my atos medical examination in december if i get awarded esa will they automatically award the dla as well or do i have to go through all this form filling out for the dla as well
thanks
I'm afraid ESA and DLA are seperate benefits, you will need to complete a different claim form and will have different assessments (if required), for each benefit.
It is also important to realise that the criteria for each benefit is different, so you cannot simply transfer content from one form to the other, it won't work.
See our ESA CLaim guides
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa and DLA Claim guides
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/dla/#dlaclaims Gordon
