ESA - in WRAG refuse Support can I reclaim 12 wee

lyndy, the paragraph that you have posted applies to you maintaining your ESA claim and being allocated to the Support Group as a result of appealing the latest decision, being put into Support Group from a future routine reassessment, or asking for another supersession at some time in the future.

am i s totsl thicko or misssing the point - why does it say application after the award has terminatted does that refer to a new award ??/ sorry to sound so thick but i am getting desperate

Hi lb,

See Gordon's response to a similar query here :

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum?view=top...d=10&id=97195#100261

As I have previously stated, the only way that you may be entitled to payment of CB ESA once more, is to gain entry to The SG, as the result of an appeal/reconsideration or a review/supersession.

Payment of CB ESA will continue for as long as you remain in The SG.

Therefore, if you were placed into The SG, then reassessed again and placed into The WRAG, payment would again cease, once you were placed into The WRAG.

(Or through gaining the necessary NI contributions through employment)

bro58

Indybear wrote: am i s totsl thicko or misssing the point - why does it say application after the award has terminatted does that refer to a new award ??/ sorry to sound so thick but i am getting desperate

Don't get mixed up between having a "live" assessment of Limited Capability for Work, (LCW) which puts you in The WRAG, and being entitled to payment of CB ESA.

As long as you maintain a "live" continuous assessment of LCW, (WRAG) even in receipt of NI Credits only, you can request a review/supersession if your medical conditions deteriorate or you start to suffer from new medical conditions, which would then qualify you for entry to The SG.

If placed into The SG as a result of the above, payments of CB ESA would be reinstated for as long as you remain in The SG.

If you chose to opt out of ESA, (close your claim) and did not comply with the reassessment criteria, not only would your NI Credits cease, but if this opt out was for more than 12 weeks, you would then not even be able to gain entry to The SG, which would reinstate payment of CB ESA.

Whilst assessed as LCW, (WRAG), in receipt of NI Credits only, even though you must comply with the regular reassessment criteria, you do not have to take part in WFI's & WRA.

bro58

Can I ask a question related to your very helpful replies please?
I will also only be receiving N.I. credits when my CB ESA ends. If at a future reassessment I am placed in the Support Group will I be paid the same amount as now ie does the transitional protection from I.B. still apply?
I have a long term illness that will not improve and like many of you I am trying to decide if I can cope with any more forms & upset.