ESA or pension credits?
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themajor2
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I am 64 years of age and am now suffering with severe osteoarthritis and can not work. I am now being assessed and am claiming ESA I will be 65 in October and I am way short in my NI contributions to get a full pension and I need advice as to what benefits that I am entitled to. I was told by the DWP that I could either claim ESA or pension credits. I don't understand the implications so some good advice would be most welcome
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Hi @themajor2
Good Evening it’s great to meet you this evening.
We have got some info on our site which you be best in looking at.
Here’s some info for you below:
https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fpip&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fpip&auth=OdCmUepX8Eu01lD6Q10Fhg&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Pip
Please please let me know if I can help you with????
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Hi themajor and welcome
You might qualify for PIP
have a look at the B&W self test
http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php
Here is the link to the pension credit page
https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit
CR
Be all you can be, make every day count. Namaste -
Hi CR thank you for the information I will take a look at the link. I do already get the highest rate of PIP but it’s always good to keep updated.
Zena.
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