LCW , LCWRA

kyle24
kyle24 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)
HI I applied for lcwra on August 11th 2023. I resived a UC message saying I have been accepted on 18th April2024.How do I know if I have been accepted for LCW OR LCWRA. 

I haven't heard anything since I resived the UC message. 

I'm not sure if I qualify for the payments or not can someone let me know please.

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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,423 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Hi there @kyle24 and welcome to the community. :)

    On your UC journal, did they upload a letter stating you'd been accepted? It should say if you're LCW or LCWRA on there.  If not, it's worth leaving a note on your journal to ask for clarification. 
  • kyle24
    kyle24 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
    Hi Thank you I will put a note in my journal to find out. 

    If I have been accepted for LCW and not LCWRA can I appeal or apply to get the desition changed ?
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,423 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    No problem @kyle24 you can certainly ask for a mandatory reconsideration, then if that is also unsuccessful, you can go to a tribunal. Which is a load less scary than it sounds! 
  • kyle24
    kyle24 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
    Thank you 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    Did you receive a decision letter in your journal? You should have. As Albus has advised it will tell you in the letter what exactly the decision is.

    If it says Limited Capability For Work, that’s LCW.

    If it says Limited Capability For Work Related Activity then that will be LCWRA. 

    Please check the letter and have another read. 
  • kyle24
    kyle24 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
    Hi my UC message back straight away and I have been accepted for LCW not LCWRA.

    Do I message my UC asking for a mandatory reconsideration?
  • kyle24
    kyle24 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
    Yes I got accepted for LCW. 

    Not LCWRA who do I message for a mandatory reconsideration
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    Yes you can put a message on your journal stating why you think you should have been found to have LCWRA and your reasons why. 

    If you haven’t looked at the descriptors to see if any apply then you can see them here https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/limited-capability-for-work-related-activity

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