ESA claim

Cruella wrote: Pleased we are on the same wavelength. Um , it seems a lot to go through just for national insurance contributions. I am not sure I am up to it. I never go to the GP, I do everything over the phone and certainly cannot face the medical assessment. Is it a good thing though to be in the ESA system, I mean when my savings drop below 16 thousand would I automatically get income based ESA if I had gone through the ESA for national insurance contributions.

Cruella wrote: Also, is it the same sort of fit note for any ESA claim whether it be IR CB or just for national insurance contributions

Cruella wrote: So if I do decide to claim ESA just for national insurance, how do I do the form. There is a large part you miss out for contribution based ESA claim. This large part I assume is the means testing part. So as I have more than 16000.00 then the means teasting part is irrelevant for now. So do I just do the form as if I am claiming CB ESA? If I still feel unable to work in a couple of years time and my savings have been used up and I have below the 16000.00 , I assume then I would have to give the means testing information ?