Carers allowance, backdated after winning appeal?

Goods68
Goods68 Community member Posts: 14 Connected
edited February 2018 in PIP, DLA, and AA
Hello, and happy valentines!, 
Just won PIP, appeal 6 months in the waiting , my wife lost her carers allowance, 
Can anyone tell me if this will be backdated?  
Kind regards Paul .

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  • Pippa_Alumni
    Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,765 Championing
    Hi @Goods68,

    Congratulations on winning your PIP appeal, that's great news! 

    This information is from the NHS Carer's Allowance page: 
    Carer's Allowance can usually only be backdated for a maximum of three months if you claim it within three months of a decision to award a qualifying benefit to the person you care for.

    You must specifically request that your Carer's Allowance claim is backdated, and you must have satisfied all the rules for claiming Carer's Allowance during the backdating period. You can also challenge a decision not to backdate Carer's Allowance if your request is refused.
    If there are any issues, you or your wife could also try getting in touch with the Carer's Allowance Unit. Hope this helps!



  • Goods68
    Goods68 Community member Posts: 14 Connected
    This is helpful, 
    Thank-you Paul .
  • peacock65
    peacock65 Community member Posts: 2 Listener
    I have waited 2 years to win my appeal as I took it to upper.   Won’t I b able to claim carers back from that period now?  It’s not my fault pip messed me about 

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