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limited capability for work and work-related activity payments 20 months still waiting?

Hello new here hope you can help me please as i would like to know what the situation is with LCWWA payments since june 2019 i have been on universal credit with my wife and havent had anything paid to me concerning LCWWA since? i had a medical assessment phone call in December thats 18 month after i signed onto UC is this right in any way and if not what should i do please??
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When did you send off your forms? Did you get the payments before june 2019 ?
If you have had an assessment in dec then you should get a decision soon and if awarded the LCWRA you will get any back pay you.are entitled to
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It will be 20 months in February i have been waiting and i see from your forums its a on going problem i know the pandemic has not helped what so ever but i can only presume that these kind of wait times happened even before the pandemic i can not justifies though what they put people through and the time they make people wait its horrible.
ESA lady i spoke to has sent a note to somebody to phone and explain to me more im lost with everything at the moment just recovered from a bad bout of Covid-19 my mental health has deterioated so much i dont even now where to start any more over 4 years ago i lost my job to this damn thing i havent stepped out of my front garden for nearly 4 years i am in debt up to my eyeballs my family have suffered because of all this and i am really at breaking point.
You should be due a significant amount of arrears but this can take time for DWP to work out.
Have you had your decision letter by post or was it uploaded to your UC journal?
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I'm wondering if either your assessment in December 2020 was from your initial ESA claim in 2018 (a very long wait) or a reassessment.
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Have you received your award letter yet?
Either way, it sounds like you've been awarded WRAG/LCW. Regardless of whether it was for UC or ESA the decision would apply to both. There's no extra money paid for this group but it does entitle you to a work allowance (an amount you can earn before deductions are made to your UC), so if either you or your wife are working and don't already have a work allowance this could mean you are owed some money.
If you don't agree with the decision, once you have your award letter (either in post for ESA or on your journal for UC) you could look at appealing the decision.
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