Hi, my name is Ajaymes! Hello, I was awarded LCWRA at the beginning off June 2025...

Ajaymes
Ajaymes Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
edited July 3 in Universal Credit (UC)
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  • Ajaymes
    Ajaymes Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener

    Hello, I was awarded LCWRA at the beginning off June 2025, I have been absent from work since the 2nd February 2025 with sick notes logged on to my journal and accepted, however a case manager has told me I have to wait until October 2025 for the first health element part off the UC, as there is a three month waiting period, is it not the case the three month waiting period starts from when the first sick note is submitted, not after the award has been given. I have raised a mandatory reconsideration on my journal, they have told me it will be up to 5 weeks for a decision to be made, can anyone confirm how the 3 month waiting period is processed

    Many thanks

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,215 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited July 3

    Hey there @Ajaymes and welcome to the community.

    You're correct, the LCWRA component should be paid three full payment cycles after the fit note was submitted, so I'm unsure why they're saying from the assessment date. Hopefully the MR will show they've made an error.

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,036 Championing

    Hi,

    Were all of your fit notes consecutive right up to the date of the assessment with no gaps in between?

  • Ajaymes
    Ajaymes Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener

    Hello, yes all consecutive no gaps, the DWP case manager told me the waiting period is 3 months after the award which as I've found out is wrong

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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,215 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hey @Ajaymes it would appear they are incorrect. It may be worth linking to the Gov.co.uk website, where it clearly states;

    "8.2 LCWRA: when you’ll get extra money
    If your WCA decision is LCWRA, you’ll usually get the extra money 3 monthly assessment periods after you started submitting medical evidence (such as fit notes) showing that your condition limits how much work you can do."

  • Ajaymes
    Ajaymes Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener

    Thank you

  • Ajaymes
    Ajaymes Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener

    Hi all, can someone please help I'm at my witts end, so as you'll see from my previous post I have an issue with the LCWRA health payment, it's now near the end of August and I'm still waiting for a response in my journal after I raised a mandatory reconsideration over 8 weeks ago, they promised to get back to me within 5 weeks max, I've rang the universal credit help line and they have stated I just need to continue waiting, where do I go from here, I feel like I'm stuck in limbo and nobody is listening

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,036 Championing
    edited August 23

    Unfortunately MR's don't have any maximum time scales.

    You could try making an online complaint.

    https://makeacomplaint.dwp.gov.uk/

    Just to check with Fit Notes the date they are given to UC is what counts, not the start date written on them.

    Bearing that in mind, are there still no gaps?

    Any gap would impact when UC start the waiting period.

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