I am about to send completed form DLA EXP 1 along with a lengthy hadnwritten letter by our French GP (in French) and various UK consultants reports regarding my husband's health condition to DWA at Blackpool. My husband's DLA benefit ceased when we moved permanently to France in 1999, but his health has deteriorated over the years and in her report the French Doctor has stressed several times that he requires 24/7 care. My husband has tciked "No" to question 16, but does this mean that his claim will be automatically refused? If we were resident in the UK we would be eligible for much more help, financial and practical, but very much we are all cases of "out of sight, out of mind". It is excellent to read other peoples' experiences of dealing with the DLA, but I ask should we get together in our local areas to help one another with forms etc rather than having the possibility of a claim rejected in our case because of ignorance on my part. Isobel Dordogne