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5 years 1 month ago #228226 by Pixie
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Good morning, I just received a letter following my ESA capability for work assessment and I was awarded zero points. I had an appeal a year ago and won that appeal as my problems are degenerative. How on earth can i receive no points when nothing has changed except got a little worse. Now the JC told me yesterday to apply for UC but i researched and found out that if i do that I wont be able to go back onto ESA if i win my MR or appeal... please help as my money has stopped and i cant pay my bills.... i dont know what to do for the best :ohmy:

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5 years 1 month ago #228242 by Gordon
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Pixie

I'm afraid that UC is the only benefit available to you during the MR stage of the appeal process unless your ESA included the Severe Disability Premium in which case you are barred from claiming UC, the alternative would be JSA.

If you do claim UC then unless your ESA was a Contribution Based claim then you cannot return to ESA even if the Decision is revised in your favour, although the award would be migrated to your UC claim.

Gordon

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5 years 1 month ago #228248 by Pixie
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ok but i cannot claim jsa as its no longer available in my area its uc or nothing and also i believe there is no disability premium available either. So do i rely on food banks until i get my MR returned probably with same result and then appeal? then hopefully i can get assessment rate?? i lterally have not got the energy to go through all this again i cant stop crying...

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5 years 1 month ago #228250 by Pixie
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I though that from april 2017 you cannot get any disability add ons onto UC?

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5 years 1 month ago #228252 by Pixie
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What do you suggest is the best route to take? Apply for UC or not? and do i need to send lots of supporting evidence for the MR or save that for the appeal? i have to get a letter from the doctors apparently to say im unfit to work. Cant believe iv gotta go through all this again :blink:

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5 years 1 month ago #228260 by Gordon
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Pixie

I can't offer any advice on whether you should claim UC or not, only you can make this decision. You seem to have concerns about how you might manage while you wait for the MR to be done, this could be eight weeks or more.

If you were not receiving any of the ESA Premiums would you be worse off under UC? You can check what you might receive by using one of the online benefit calculators

www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

Gordon

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