War Pension

Ian wrote:

pete17971 wrote:

Howard wrote:

Hi i receive a war pension at 80% i also get wp motobility at higher rate & constant attendance allowenc at the full day rate i aslo get comforts allow at the lower rate & incapacity bennifit but have been told to put in for the unemployability supplement of the war pennsins whitch meens i will loose my incapacidy allowence but will i still have to be reasest for esa

Hi,

Having got the latest update from Norcross, it would most certainly be wise to obtain face to face advice regarding opting to to claim Unsupp in lieu of ESA.

However an Unsupp award can be and is reviewed from time to time. These reviews can be medical or financial or both. In some cases you may not be aware you have been reviewed.

There are some queries still unanswered with the implementation of ESA and it's relationship with Unsupp though. Queries such as, for example, the situation if one loses ones Unsupp and then tries to reclaim Contribution Based ESA (usually a 60% War Pension would negate claiming Income Related ESA in a lot of cases) and whether the ESA claim would/would not succeed.

Until this sort of issue is resolved either by legislation or Upper Tier tribunal ruling things can be and are to a degree uncertain.

Regards

Pete

Hi all, I am in the same boat. WPUMSUPP and contributions based Incapacity Benefit, the ICB is due a review in Jan 2012, 13 months before my 60th B'day. My Umsupp is due for review in 2017 12 months before my 65th B'day. Still wondering just to stop the ICB as it is only £113 per month and a lot of hassle.

I to an 80% with WPMS.

Hi,

Yes it is a bit of being caught between a rock and a hard place as it stands atm.

I know we are advising War Pensioners in this situation to hang fire before cancelling the IB/ESA until the exact details are known on how this is going to pan out. I know the situation is currently being looked at so it could be worth hanging fire until the outcome is known for certain.

Pete

originaldave wrote:

pete17971 wrote:

Howard wrote:

Hi i receive a war pension at 80% i also get wp motobility at higher rate & constant attendance allowenc at the full day rate i aslo get comforts allow at the lower rate & incapacity bennifit but have been told to put in for the unemployability supplement of the war pennsins whitch meens i will loose my incapacidy allowence but will i still have to be reasest for esa

Hi,

Having got the latest update from Norcross, it would most certainly be wise to obtain face to face advice regarding opting to to claim Unsupp in lieu of ESA.

However an Unsupp award can be and is reviewed from time to time. These reviews can be medical or financial or both. In some cases you may not be aware you have been reviewed.

There are some queries still unanswered with the implementation of ESA and it's relationship with Unsupp though. Queries such as, for example, the situation if one loses ones Unsupp and then tries to reclaim Contribution Based ESA (usually a 60% War Pension would negate claiming Income Related ESA in a lot of cases) and whether the ESA claim would/would not succeed.

Until this sort of issue is resolved either by legislation or Upper Tier tribunal ruling things can be and are to a degree uncertain.

Regards

Pete

review dates for unsupp and other allowances are now on the computer and if you call the helpline they can tell you the dates

I found out by accident I was re doing overage child allowance for the youngest.. and checking if it had been done called helpline and was told yes and given a strange date which did not tie in with other dates given in the past and was told "ahh thats unsupp"

Which is somewhat different to your earlier posting in this thread:

if i was getting wp today under new rules i would go for unsupp as once you have it no more medicalss where as esa is as and when they feel like testing you.

As you later point out, Unsupp does have review dates and this can incorporate a medical.

Pete

pete17971 wrote:

originaldave wrote:

pete17971 wrote:

Howard wrote:

Hi i receive a war pension at 80% i also get wp motobility at higher rate & constant attendance allowenc at the full day rate i aslo get comforts allow at the lower rate & incapacity bennifit but have been told to put in for the unemployability supplement of the war pennsins whitch meens i will loose my incapacidy allowence but will i still have to be reasest for esa

Hi,

Having got the latest update from Norcross, it would most certainly be wise to obtain face to face advice regarding opting to to claim Unsupp in lieu of ESA.

However an Unsupp award can be and is reviewed from time to time. These reviews can be medical or financial or both. In some cases you may not be aware you have been reviewed.

There are some queries still unanswered with the implementation of ESA and it's relationship with Unsupp though. Queries such as, for example, the situation if one loses ones Unsupp and then tries to reclaim Contribution Based ESA (usually a 60% War Pension would negate claiming Income Related ESA in a lot of cases) and whether the ESA claim would/would not succeed.

Until this sort of issue is resolved either by legislation or Upper Tier tribunal ruling things can be and are to a degree uncertain.

Regards

Pete

review dates for unsupp and other allowances are now on the computer and if you call the helpline they can tell you the dates

I found out by accident I was re doing overage child allowance for the youngest.. and checking if it had been done called helpline and was told yes and given a strange date which did not tie in with other dates given in the past and was told "ahh thats unsupp"

Which is somewhat different to your earlier posting in this thread:

if i was getting wp today under new rules i would go for unsupp as once you have it no more medicalss where as esa is as and when they feel like testing you.

As you later point out, Unsupp does have review dates and this can incorporate a medical.

Pete

by no more medicals I dont mean no more medicals .... I mean esa IB medicals ....as there is a big differance between dealing with the DWP and The War Pensions people