Need someone to tell me what should be happening here ...
Client has been claiming ESA(IR) while appealing an IB IfW decision. However, despite claiming ESA for 6 months, he's had no WCA and so no components have been awarded and as consequence he's had no Cold Weather Payments which is what brought him to me.
Now given that the ESA transitional rules seem to say that IfW and LCW are not related should he not have had a WCA? Should I be contacting the JC+ and asking why no ESA50 has been sent out or is there something buried in the Regs which says that someone getting ESA pending appeal of a IfW decision remains in the assessment phase and so has no WCA? Could just call JC+ and ask them but given some of erroneous info they give out would not trust their opinion.
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