Was claiming carers element now been awarded Lorca but staying no back date

dottymare
dottymare Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
edited November 27 in Universal Credit (UC)
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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,770 Championing

    Lcwra has a waiting period of three full assessment periods before LCWRA is added to your payment.

    No money is paid or subsequently owed for that period.

  • dottymare
    dottymare Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
  • dottymare
    dottymare Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    thanks been putting fit notes in over 15 month got awarded Lwcra 3 weeks ago moneys went down not up

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,770 Championing

    Did you previously receive Transitional Protection before the LCWRA award?

    If the answer is yes, I suggest you get advice from a trained benefits advisor as I suspect the following issue has occured

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/130086/advice-for-claimants-re-disabled-carer-s-tp-errosion-due-to-lcwra-addition
  • dottymare
    dottymare Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    that’s what she mentioned something about protected so don’t think a will get anything back

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,770 Championing

    Transitional Protection reducing when your UC award goes up is normal, but you shouldn't end up worse off overall, unless you've been impacted by that issue.

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