PLEASE EXPLAIN

poppy12345

Perfumeflower57 said:

S275 said:

I am disabled and didn't fully understand that you couldn't reclaim, as I was only doing what martin lewis advises and I've heard of people who are on £40,000 and can get uc,I thought (stupidly)I would definitely get it,but I'm about £100 over what uc will pay,so how do people with a bigger wage get this? It makes no sense😡I think martin lewis should of made this clear,that you can't go back 

Slightly off topic, but I've just been reading through this thread and I noticed you mentioned above you are disabled. Depending on your personal situation and if not already claiming, have you checked whether you would be eligible in regards to certain disability benefits? For example Personal Independence Payment and ESA?

The only ESA that's possible to claim now is New style ESA which is based on NI contirbutions in the previous 2 tax years from working. All the old legacy benefits have now been replaced with Universal Credit. A health condition can be reported as well as sending in fit notes. If found to have LCWRA there's an extra amount from the 4th month of your claim. However, this doesn't mean the OP would be entitled to UC even with the extra amount.

calcotti

if eligible for UC (not excluded by savings or for some other reason) and they declared a health condition when applying the UC claim would be kept open until the WCA was completed if getting LCWRA would result in UC being payable. If not eligible it will not get that far.

PIP of course may be relevant.