Hi, my name is Dee1973! Am I entitled to back pay?

Dee1973
Dee1973 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
edited October 2024 in Universal Credit (UC)

hi I have just been awarded lcwra my last sick note was handed in 27fh November 2020 am I entitled to any back pay? I waited all that time before I got a telephone assessment which was eventually in September 2024

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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 3,617 Championing

    Hi, have you really been waiting 4 years for a WCA?

    If you haven't handed in any fit notes since 2020 then generally you wouldn't be entitled to the back pay. The dates on the fit notes must all be consecutive without any gaps up to the WCA.

    Though this does seem like an unusual case so you may be able to challenge it. Do you know why it's taken so long?

  • Dee1973
    Dee1973 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    I was on limited capability but not lcwra and my last sick note was in 2020 last assessment was bk then too

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Online Community Member Posts: 2,672 Championing
    edited October 2024

    If the below is correct:

    LCW following a WCA in 2020

    LCWRA following a WCA in 2024.

    No backpay will be owed.

    Your LCWRA element will be applicable from the date of the 2024 WCA decision.

  • Dee1973
    Dee1973 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    thank you

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,703 Scope Online Community Specialist

    Hey @Dee1973, welcome to the Scope community 😊 hope this has helped answer your question about backpay. Do you have any other questions at all?

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,078 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/922743#Comment_922743

    Sounds like this was a review. If it was started by UC then your extra money will be from the assessment period in which the decision was made. No money is owed.

  • Dee1973
    Dee1973 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    no more questions thank you for everybody’s help

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