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9 years 5 months ago #151763 by hev53
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I wonder if you can help. Last year I claimed ESA as I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I was given medication which helped for a short while so I tried to go back to work (I am a nurse). I could only work for 10 weeks before I had to give up again due to ill health, my RA became untenable.
I am still very unwell and had a PIP assessment. Am I able to claim ESA again?
Thank you for looking.
I wonder if you can help. Last year I claimed ESA as I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I was given medication which helped for a short while so I tried to go back to work (I am a nurse). I could only work for 10 weeks before I had to give up again due to ill health, my RA became untenable.
I am still very unwell and had a PIP assessment. Am I able to claim ESA again?
Thank you for looking.
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9 years 5 months ago #151765 by Gordon
If it has been less than 12 weeks since you closed your claim then you can make a rapid reclaim which will be attached to your original claim, if it is 13 weeks or more then you can make a new claim for ESA, however, as it is a new claim you will need to re-meet all of the conditions from scratch.
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hev53 wrote: Hi
I wonder if you can help. Last year I claimed ESA as I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I was given medication which helped for a short while so I tried to go back to work (I am a nurse). I could only work for 10 weeks before I had to give up again due to ill health, my RA became untenable.
I am still very unwell and had a PIP assessment. Am I able to claim ESA again?
Thank you for looking.
If it has been less than 12 weeks since you closed your claim then you can make a rapid reclaim which will be attached to your original claim, if it is 13 weeks or more then you can make a new claim for ESA, however, as it is a new claim you will need to re-meet all of the conditions from scratch.
Gordon
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9 years 5 months ago #151767 by hev53
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Thank you for your help. Really grateful. Take care.
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