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 		 			 	 						6 years 1 month ago				#238193 		by John 	  	 		 			 	    			 			 		 													
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  			 				I’m a bit confused, I have been awarded LCW for the next 18 months even though I am working full time however I explained to the decision makers at my mandatory reconsideration that my WCA assessment was about the last two years- I was declined LCWRA even though a letter from my GP states I was. Incontinent twice weekly and my carer has to change and wash me. Shouldn’t this descriptor be automatic LCWRA or am I missing something
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 			 	 						6 years 1 month ago				#238202 		by Gordon 	  	 		 			 					
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Have you got the assessment report? This will explain how your GP letter was treated.
 
If not, contact the DWP office dealing with your claim and ask for a copy of the ESA85 if you had a face to face or ESA85A if you did not.
 
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  							Have you got the assessment report? This will explain how your GP letter was treated.
If not, contact the DWP office dealing with your claim and ask for a copy of the ESA85 if you had a face to face or ESA85A if you did not.
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 			 	 						6 years 1 month ago				#238205 		by John 	  	 		 			 	    			 			 		 													
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  			 				Hello ,
Yes but the Health care professional did not see it but it was sent to the decision maker as extra evidence for a mandatory reconsideration- the health care professional recorded I had no issues with incontinence - they would only focus on one or two of my conditions. The Decision maker for the mandatory reconsideration did mention the incontinence but said he did not know if it could be controlled by aids. He also mentioned that as I am currently working there is no way I am LCWRA however the assessment wasn’t about now but years 2017- 2018- the Gp letter stated I had regular incotinence over that time and needed to be.changed/ washed at least twice a week.
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  					Yes but the Health care professional did not see it but it was sent to the decision maker as extra evidence for a mandatory reconsideration- the health care professional recorded I had no issues with incontinence - they would only focus on one or two of my conditions. The Decision maker for the mandatory reconsideration did mention the incontinence but said he did not know if it could be controlled by aids. He also mentioned that as I am currently working there is no way I am LCWRA however the assessment wasn’t about now but years 2017- 2018- the Gp letter stated I had regular incotinence over that time and needed to be.changed/ washed at least twice a week.
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 			 	 						6 years 1 month ago				#238206 		by Gordon 	  	 		 			 					
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The assessment is not about how you were during 2017 and 2018 it is about how you are now and how you are currently limited. Information from previous years may go towards confirming that you have your current problems but they are not looking at how you were.
 
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  							The assessment is not about how you were during 2017 and 2018 it is about how you are now and how you are currently limited. Information from previous years may go towards confirming that you have your current problems but they are not looking at how you were.
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 			 	 						6 years 1 month ago				#238208 		by John 	  	 		 			 	    			 			 		 													
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  			 				That’s interesting to know, I had originally told when I started the claim in 2017 that I did not have to supply fit notes, it took nearly 2 years for the DWP to redress that and say I should have been given in sick notes and  been referred for a WCA.  At this point I asked my MP to intervene as I knew it would be difficult for them to understand that I should have had the assessment 2 years before for the conditions I had then. I made it clear on the medical forms that  these were the dates I needed assessed within. Can I confirm you are saying if UC made mistakes  arranging an assessment when it should have been I have no recourse to that period. My gp backdated fit notes for two years. Since that time my health has improved.
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 			 	 						6 years 1 month ago				#238210 		by Gordon 	  	 		 			 					
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I'm afraid not they can only consider how you are now.
 
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  							I'm afraid not they can only consider how you are now.
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