incapacity medical assessment

[dylan1959]

if ifail my medical does that mean i will lose my DLA
help!!!!!!!!

[Ethel]

Possibly

[themas]

It depends why you have been asked to undertake the medical. If it is for Incapacity Benefit, then this is a quite separate benefit from DLA. If you fail it, then your Incapacity benefit will stop (you can, of course, appeal) but your DLA will not be directly affected.

However, if the reasons for your failure relate to your health problems improving (in other words, if you can now do things which at the time you got the DLA you could not do)this could be something you should have reported to the DLA people as a change of circumstances . If you fail to report it & the change is subsequently discovered, you could be faced with an overpayment and demands to repay it.

If your medical has been requested by the DLA people, then the result could be to stop or adjust your DLA (but you can appeal).

[dylan1959]

actually i am income support with disability premium but
award DLA 10yrs ago indefinitely

[themas]

I would guess that if you are not actually getting Incapacity Benefit money you are getting NI credits. The medical could be connected with this.

An indefinite award of DLA is pretty rare now (less so 10 years ago). It does not stop them asking for a review - which could happen at any time and be nothing to do with the medical. I've known cases where such reviews result in stopping or reducing DLA even if the health problems have not reduced (or, in some cases, have got worse!). You then need to insist on a review or appeal. It is best to get help from a Welfare Benefits adviser at CAB or other free agency if this happens.