WCA - LCW/LCWRA
IntoTheFire1
Community member Posts: 116 Contributor
Hi there! I'm due to have a WCA in just under 2 weeks. But I was wondering, if I was found to have LCWRA, would any get backdated? I submitted a years worth of fit notes between 2018-2019. I had a WCA and was found to have LCW. Fast forward to March 2020. They sent me a UC50, I filled it in and sent it back, but due to the COVID and the lockdowns, I never heard anything back and didn't think anything of it until a few days ago when I received an assessment letter. So, would I be entitled to back payment if I got LCWRA or would the payments start 3 months after?
0
Comments
-
Was the form you received in March 2020 because you reported a change to your health condition? If so then if found to have LCWRA then it will be paid from the assessment period in which you reported the changes.If it was a review started by DWP then usually it’s from the assessment period in which the decision was made.1
-
Yeah, the UC50 was a review. Though, 39 months for an assessment is a long time.
0 -
If found to have LCWRA then you could argue that had a decision been made earlier then you would have been entitled to extra money from that date.1
-
Okay, I'll see how it goes and what they say. I'm absolutely dreading the assessment😬0
-
Any updates yet @IntoTheFire1? Please feel free to keep us up to date and let us know if there's anything we can do to help
1 -
No update as of yet, DWP have until the 30th August to send a response to my appeal, but since it's now the 26th August, and Monday is a bank holiday, I'm not betting on them having a response in time. So unsure of what will happen next?0
-
It's not unusal for them not to respond by the deadline. HMCTS will extend that deadline. They usually respond eventually. If they don't respond the hearing will continue as normal.
0
Categories
- All Categories
- 13.7K Start here and say hello!
- 6.7K Coffee lounge
- 52 Games den
- 1.6K People power
- 35 Community noticeboard
- 21K Talk about life
- 4.8K Everyday life
- 2.2K Families and carers
- 798 Education and skills
- 1.7K Work
- 387 Money and bills
- 3.2K Housing and independent living
- 811 Transport and travel
- 635 Relationships
- 56 Sex and intimacy
- 1.3K Mental health and wellbeing
- 2.3K Talk about your impairment
- 836 Rare, invisible, and undiagnosed conditions
- 886 Neurological impairments and pain
- 1.8K Cerebral Palsy Network
- 1.1K Autism and neurodiversity
- 33.7K Talk about your benefits
- 5.4K Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- 17.9K PIP, DLA, and AA
- 5.7K Universal Credit (UC)
- 4.7K Benefits and income