Hi, my name is nes. LCWRA and ESA

nes
nes Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited April 2022 in Benefits and income
Myself  and my partner  are both  disabled  he  has just recieved LCWRA,  he reported his disability  at the start of asr joint claim  Aug 14th 2021. So we have waited til now for a answer. But the letter we received  is difficult  to under stand. Should he get back pay from the 14th  of aug2021 til now.

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  • nes
    nes Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
     Hi, The other   question  I'd like to ask is before my partner  moved in with me back in July  I had been recieving  esa with the server and support  element  in place but because  we where claiming  as a couple  my esa was stopped on the 29th of July 2021  then are uc claim started from the 14 August 2021 should  I not of been transferred  on to work capability and work related  activities.  I did tell uc I'd been getting  server disability  along with surpport  element.but no one shorted it out and now I'm  still waiting  for them to get back to me.  I did say when I rang them recently  just because  my partner  moved  in it doesn't  make me any less disabled. Can any one  please help me on this. Thank you.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    Hi,

    Providing you don't already receive the LCWRA on your claim for yourself because you can only receive it once per claim.
    There's a full 3 month assessment period waiting time. It's then paid from the 4th month of your claim.
    Assuming he sent fit notes for the whole time without any gaps the waiting period will be Aug/Sept, Sept/Oct, Oct/Nov. LCWRA starts from assessment period 14th November to 13th Dec and first payment will be 20th December.
    It can often take a few weeks for them to recalculate your past statements so they can work out exactly how much is owed. Once this is done a letter will be uploaded onto your journal and it will tell you how much they owe you.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    edited April 2022
    I've just seen in another thread of yours that you were claiming ESA before you claimed UC. Does your UC include the LCWRA element for yourself?. https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/90364/hi-my-name-is-nes#latest If so this means your partner will not receive this element for theirself because as advised, you can only receive it once per claim.
    I also note on that thread you said you transferred from ESA to UC and were claiming the SDP in your ESA. When you moved in with your partner, if you needed to claim for help with any rent or you were claiming tax credits then yes, claiming UC was the correct thing to do. You should also be receiving the SDP transitional support protection on your UC, are you receiving this?
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    edited April 2022
    Questions for this were answered on your other thread here. https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/90362/hi-my-name-is-nes#latest It does get confusing when starting 2 different threads so i'll ask admin to join them both together. Please don't worry, you've done nothing wrong.
    @Tori_Scope @Alex_Scope @Ross_Scope can you please move this thread linked above,  thank you.


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