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What Benefits should I be getting
9 years 5 months ago - 9 years 5 months ago #158416 by slugsta
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Hi Stripey,
You will give yourself the best chance of being re-awarded ESA if you make full use of our guides.
ESA claims and appeals
If you lose your ESA completely it will not be paid during the MR process and until DWP have been notified that a formal appeal has been accepted by the Tribunal Service.
During this time claimants can claim JSA - they have just been officially declared 'fir for work'! It is possible to gain up to 13 weeks exemption from job finding activities by presenting a fitnote once the claim has been accepted (not before). This is usually enough to see the MR completed.
If you are in receipt of Housing Benefit this would also be stopped as DWP inform them that the ESA has been refused. It is possible to reclaim HB on the grounds of low income and, I believe, this is usually a quick and easy process.
You might also want to have a look to turn2us to see if there is anything else you can claim
www.turn2us.org.uk/
If your ESA reassessment fails, we will talk you through the system. Let's try not to get too far ahead of ourselves.
You might wish to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. That will allow you to return with further questions/comments about your ESA claim without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too
You will give yourself the best chance of being re-awarded ESA if you make full use of our guides.
ESA claims and appeals
If you lose your ESA completely it will not be paid during the MR process and until DWP have been notified that a formal appeal has been accepted by the Tribunal Service.
During this time claimants can claim JSA - they have just been officially declared 'fir for work'! It is possible to gain up to 13 weeks exemption from job finding activities by presenting a fitnote once the claim has been accepted (not before). This is usually enough to see the MR completed.
If you are in receipt of Housing Benefit this would also be stopped as DWP inform them that the ESA has been refused. It is possible to reclaim HB on the grounds of low income and, I believe, this is usually a quick and easy process.
You might also want to have a look to turn2us to see if there is anything else you can claim
www.turn2us.org.uk/
If your ESA reassessment fails, we will talk you through the system. Let's try not to get too far ahead of ourselves.
You might wish to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. That will allow you to return with further questions/comments about your ESA claim without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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