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ESA Backdated Payment

JaeyDeane · 2015-10-04 10:08:01

Hey guys, was wondering if you could advise me on my current situation on arrears etc. I begun my claim in January 2014, I was getting 57 a week as i was 23, ( The assessment rate, ) I had my medical at the beggining of year 2015. (Still recieving assessment rate) I was denied my medical scoring 0 points, i appealed as…

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pmlindyloo Posts: 13,104 Forumite

4 October 2015 at 3:50PM

TELLIT01 wrote: »

You should be entitled to the WRAG premium from about April 2014. That makes around 18 months at about £25 per week. In round numbers it is in the region of £2k.

It will be more than this as the OP was under 25 when they claimed and was on the under 25 assessment rate. Now they have been placed into the WRAG group they will be on the WRAG main rate (which is the same for all ages).

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