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ESA backpay?
I waited over 9 months to get esa as they kept canceling my appointment but was told the don't pay the back money for the 9 months it that right
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Did you get benefit whilst you were waiting for the appointment? You should have had a conversion date which would have been a short while after you got the notice about converting to ESA. That's the date from which your benefit became ESA (it shouldn't have been more than a few weeks after you got your conversion notice).
If there was a gap in payment then that's definitely wrong and you should ask for a mandatory reconsideration. That's the first step in challenging a benefit decision. If there wasn't a gap in payment, then there may not be anything to challenge, but it would depend on the circumstances. What result did you get from the assessment, and is the ESA you get now a different amount to your SDA? Do you get any income-related ESA?
Sorry for all the questions. What I can say is that if there is a gap in payment then that doesn't look right. You did everything you were supposed to do and should have had continuous entitlement to benefit.
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