LCWRA. Backdated twice. Can I go further?

Keith40
Keith40 Community member Posts: 12 Listener
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hi there, after your help with previous discussions. All has gone in my favour. Also after been awarded LCWRA eventually and it been backdated to Oct 22. I was told I could of originally appealed the decision of the LCW award in Jan 22. But, as it was over 13 months was out of time. It turns out I appealed and the original decision in Jan of LCW was changed to LCWRA so I was backdated to then also. Prior to this, and the first time of me claiming benefits. The start was July 2020, and until the first assessment in Jan 22, I'd not had to attend the jobcentre, had no initial work related calls, nothing. But during this time I was in a suicidal state with self harming and had started recovery due to substance and alchahol abuse due to unfair dismissal regarding mental health issues and in a huge debt due to gambling. I've just been diagnosed with ADHD ontop of all of my other mental and physical conditions and was not aware I could of asked for the mandatory decision to go before Jan 22, but as this was my first health assessment when awarded LCW, which has now been amended and backdated....there is nothing in my journal as I was just hanging around for 18 months before anybody decided to assess me. Like I say everything is on my doctors record and obviously I had the adhd then also and was at the start of my recovery. I've been told I have to go through citizens advice for this as I'm up to date with all in my UC..surely if I've had all.of what I've mentioned backdated. Given the circumstances....those 18 months should be also. But who would award it and how would a decision be made if UC have said they've done all.they can now and to take it up with CA for the 18 months before the first assessment I had. 

Kind regards
Keith




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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    I think you've been very fortunate that they've paid you from Jan 2022 when that was outside of the 13 months possible to do anything about it so they've used their own discretion and paid that money to you.

    When you started claiming UC in July 2020 there were no commiments at all during that time because it was during Covid and everything was turned off.

    What date exactly did you report your health condition for the first time? and what date exactly did you send your first ever fit note?

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