Hi, my name is patsyk! self employed, turned down for LCWRA, need help.

patsyk

I am 64 and I work part time self employed  .I had to ask for help from uc due to a torn rotary cuff. I was told I am fit for work and I need to find another 16 hours would by june .I have been able to keep a job I have been working at for 12 years but with my 16year old grandaughters help I could not be able to work at all .I can not lift my arm above my shoulder and was sent for an assessment  before I was able to get the evidence from my gp I asked for a mandatory reconsideration  and that was rejected .I provided my evidence including the report that dwp requested from my gp they contacted my gp directly. I am so shocked after I had read the medical report that my gp gave dwp was exactly right I have not only a torn rotary cuff but arthritis in both hands and raynades disease  I depend on my daughter to help me wash and dress and I am struggling with depression .I am so ashamed of having my children wash me and do everything I need to do but I feel just so vulnerable  and lost they are just not going to consider anything from what pain and struggle I.am dealing with I was told yesterday I need to find work .I have be self employed for 15 years and never had 1 day sick in all that time I am just needing help to get through the struggle of paying my rent I earn £462 amonth and the dwp take 55p from every £1 I have nothing no savings no way of being able to to manage  with the mental place I am at right now  .who is going to give me a job at 64 yes old that can't lift my left arm and need help to wash dress and do normal things with out my children  I really have been  made to be a vulnerable  person that will be forced to give up with the stress with all the unfair comments from the online journal that is so confusing and impossible to get anywhere with they don't care who they bully and force into getting people off benefit they have a target to meet and will do and say whatever they want to meet the target .

Albus_Scope

Hey there @patsyk and welcome to the community. 

I'm so sorry to hear you've had issues with UC. Can I just ask have you checked the benefits calculator to see what you're entitled to? It may offer some other means of paying the rent? Have you spoken to your GP or anyone else regarding your mental health? 

poppy123456

As the MR decision didn’t change you can now proceed to Tribunal. Have you also taken a look at the descriptors for either LCW or LCWRA? If not you can see them here.

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/limited-capability-for-work

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/limited-capability-for-work-related-activity#:~:text=LCWRA%20descriptors,reasonably%2C%20be%20worn%20or%20used.&text=(ii)%20repeatedly%20mobilise%2050%20metres,of%20significant%20discomfort%20or%20exhaustion.

@Albus_Scope Universal Credit has replaced all other benefits. The only other benefits would be council tax reduction and either PIP or ADP depending on where they live. 

If there’s entitlement to New style ESA there’s no financial gain to claiming it because it’s just deducted in full from any UC entitlement. 

Albus_Scope

Thanks Poppy, I was thinking about PIP mostly there.