"Not entilted to anything" Anybody else in this situation?

DX2

thewww wrote: »

yes i understand but i still get letters every six months that say quote

" to continue to receive payments of benefit you must meet the threshold of incapacity under the personal capability assessment"

so i am actually claiming incapacity benefit.

I give up.

thewww

i know what you are saying but when i spoke to the people at the jobcentre i asked the what i was receiving and they said quote

"incapacity benefit contributions only"

that was the actual words they said
thanks anyway for trying to help

DX2

thewww wrote: »

i know what you are saying but when i spoke to the people at the jobcentre i asked the what i was receiving and they said quote

"incapacity benefit contributions only"

that was the actual words they said
thanks anyway for trying to help

I think it's classed as an underlying entitlement.

sunnyone

thewww wrote: »

yes i understand but i still get letters every six months that say quote

" to continue to receive payments of benefit you must meet the threshold of incapacity under the personal capability assessment"

so i am actually claiming incapacity benefit.

YOU ARE RECIEVING A BENEFIT, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE PAYED, YOU CANT GET ANY MONEY BECAUSE YOU HAVNT PAID ENOUGH NI CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOU NEED TO FULFIL THE CONDITIONS OF IB TO GET THESE CONTRIBUTIONS PAID.

do you get it yet?

thewww

yes thanks you don't have to shout,

i understand that i will receive no money i am not asking them for money
but my problem is why is it that the tax credit office consider that i am not claiming any benefit so will not pay my partner any tax credits.

sunnyone

thewww wrote: »

yes thanks you don't have to shout,

i understand that i will receive no money i am not asking them for money
but my problem is why is it that the tax credit office consider that i am not claiming any benefit so will not pay my partner any tax credits.

BECAUSE YOU ARE CLAIMING THE UNDERLYING ENTITLEMENT ONLY AND NOT THE MONETARY BENEFIT.

The only other thing you could do and you would be mad to try is coming of IB and claiming income based ESA which would depend on your partners wage and you will most likely get kicked off after 13 weeks.

Hammyman

thewww wrote: »

hello
i will try to keep this as brief as possible
I have a problem with two of the discs in my lower back which has caused pinched nerves to my leg which causes great pain which prevents me from working .
So i am unable to claim anything and unable to work .
On the tax credits form she is entilted to credits if her partner is on benefit but this does not apply to us because although i am on benefit i receive no money.

I am in that exact position. Actually, no - worse as I have 3 discs, not two. I've suffered from two for 20 years and the third for a decade.

I WORK so the fact you claim you can't is proposterous.

You are a couple and as such your finances are joint. Whilst it may irk you that you have to ask her for money to go to the pub, that is entirely of your own making. You ARE capable of work, you choose not to. I will not dispute the fact that the work would be both limited in type and duration but because of that, you would qualify for the disability component of working tax credit even if you don't get DLA.

One question: There's an operation you can have. Why haven't you had it yet?

thewww

what pub are you talking about?

my consultant has told me that the chances of an operation working are very slim and if he operates he will have to do 4 discs as two other discs are damaged and then this will make a section of my back immovable


Taken from the tax credit help pages

Extra payments if you have a disability


To qualify for extra payments, you have to meet all of these conditions:

• you must be working for 16 hours or more a week
• you must have a disability that makes it difficult for you to get a job
• you must be receiving, or have recently received, a qualifying sickness or disability-related benefit

so i wont qualify for that will i

Deepmistrust

Hammyman wrote: »

I am in that exact position. Actually, no - worse as I have 3 discs, not two. I've suffered from two for 20 years and the third for a decade.

I WORK so the fact you claim you can't is proposterous.

You are a couple and as such your finances are joint. Whilst it may irk you that you have to ask her for money to go to the pub, that is entirely of your own making. You ARE capable of work, you choose not to. I will not dispute the fact that the work would be both limited in type and duration but because of that, you would qualify for the disability component of working tax credit even if you don't get DLA.

One question: There's an operation you can have. Why haven't you had it yet?

More pseudo-medical advise on here.

They should make "impersonating a doctor" illegal.

Deepmistrust

thewww wrote: »

what pub are you talking about?

my consultant has told me that the chances of an operation working are very slim and if he operates he will have to do 4 discs as two other discs are damaged and then this will make a section of my back immovable

Unless Hammyman has shown you his certificates to practise or is a paid consultant of the NHS or any private certified practise, I would serously ignore his witterings.