Hi, my name is jo098! UC sick notes

jo098
jo098 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
edited August 2022 in Universal Credit (UC)
I’ve been awarded off Uc lcwra but there saying there only allowing it from July when I went in for it December, they say it’s because of sick notes isit possible to to get my sick note back dated . They also said sue of covid they wanted a sick note every other month but they never told me when there sue 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,797 Championing
    When you report a health condition part of the rules are that you need to continue to send the fit notes without any gaps. If don't do this then it can affect when the extra money is paid from. You can try a backdated fit note and it will be down to a decision maker to make the final decision but don't hold out your hopes because a refusal is likely.
  • jo098
    jo098 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
    if they say it starts at 25 th July but get nothing till December payment do I get it from December at least? 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,797 Championing
    There's a full 3 month assessment period waiting time and the extra money is paid from the 4 month after you reported your health condition because you didn't continue to send the fit notes it's affected your claim. If they have awarded the LCWRA element from July, then it will be paid from either November or December. 
  • jo098
    jo098 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
    Ok thank you 
  • nattyb
    nattyb Community member Posts: 35 Contributor
    jo098 said:
    if they say it starts at 25 th July but get nothing till December payment do I get it from December at least? 
    I was uploading sicknotes since April when I went on the sick but i didnt put a claim in til June so they won't count April and may :(
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,797 Championing
    nattyb said:
    jo098 said:
    if they say it starts at 25 th July but get nothing till December payment do I get it from December at least? 
    I was uploading sicknotes since April when I went on the sick but i didnt put a claim in til June so they won't count April and may :(

    I don't understand what you mean by that. When you say you didn't put your claim in till June, are you talking about the UC50 form? If so then that's not when the waiting period starts from.
    If you started sending fit notes in April and there were no gaps in those fit notes, if you're found to have LCWRA then the waiting period starts from when you sent your first fit note. Therefore your waiting period would be approx April - July and the LCWRA element will be paid from either Aug or September, depending on what date exactly you reported your health condition/sent fit note and the dates of your assessment periods, or when you usually receive your payment each month.

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