Help with WCA for LCWRA

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,000 Championing
    vixen_5053 said:.sorry I just check and I provided my first fit note in on the 4th September 2020 but the actual fit note is dated from 11 August 2020 till 11 November 2020, does that make any difference?
    No. The 'relevant period' is determined by when you reported your health condition.
  • vixen_5053
    vixen_5053 Online Community Member Posts: 57 Connected
    That would be the 3rd of September 2020.
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,000 Championing
    edited June 2021
    vixen_5053 said:
    That would be the 3rd of September 2020.
    I can't relate starting your Universal Credit claim on 3rd of the month to payments on 2nd of the month and 16th of the month. If you started the claim on the 3rd I would expect payment to be on 9th and 23rd so I'm still not clear when your monthly assessment period is.
  • vixen_5053
    vixen_5053 Online Community Member Posts: 57 Connected
    My main universal credit claim started on the 26th March 2020. I lived in Northern Ireland then so they paid twice a month rather than once a month.

    My first Universal Credit monthly payment was 2nd May 2020 then the second monthly payment was 16th May 2020.

    I then started my health condition claim (limited capability for work) on the 3rd September 2020, provided first fit note 4th September 2020.

    Does that make a bit more sense?

     Thanks.
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,000 Championing
    So your UC payment period is 26th to 25th of the month. Your ‘normal’ pay day would be 2nd month but you get half of your payment delayed to 16th.

    You reported your health condition on 4th September so the three periods that make up the ‘relevant period’ run from 26th September to 25th December. You will be entitled to LCWRA element for the December to January period payable on 2nd and 16th of February and thereafter.
  • vixen_5053
    vixen_5053 Online Community Member Posts: 57 Connected
    Okay thanks very much for your help.

    Also it it worth requesting a copy of the assessment report? I know I have been awarded LCWRA, but the award letter is very vague. 

    I would like to have it for my own personal records, how do I request this?

     Thanks.
  • vixen_5053
    vixen_5053 Online Community Member Posts: 57 Connected
    Or the reasons I was awarded as it says nothing on the award letter 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,000 Championing
    vixen_5053 said: Also it it worth requesting a copy of the assessment report? I
    Not in my opinion. Others will take a different view.
  • vixen_5053
    vixen_5053 Online Community Member Posts: 57 Connected
    Okay, do you mean the assessors when you say others? Thanks 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,000 Championing
    vixen_5053 said:
    Okay, do you mean the assessors when you say others? Thanks 
    No, I mean others on the forum. My opinion is that as you have been awarded LCWRA there is nothing to be gained from obtaining your report. I know some people like to see everything.
  • vixen_5053
    vixen_5053 Online Community Member Posts: 57 Connected
    okay thanks. How do I go about requesting my report if I was to do so? 

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