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Student awaiting PIP appeal
Hello there, saw a client last week - he’s 21yo f/t student at college. He has a learning disability which seems to have been missed in his migration from DLA to PIP - he has been turned down. Client has never claimed ESA.
My understanding is that he is entitled to ESA as a student if he is getting PIP. But at the moment the latter is under reconsideration/appeal. What is the best approach - to start an ESA claim now, request backdating, wait for it to be turned down and then ask for it to be reconsidered when we (hopefully) get a positive decision back on the PIP? I guess the question also applies to other clients who may be making a new claim for PIP that has yet to be determined.
Thanks!
start an ESA claim now, request backdating, wait for it to be turned down and then ask for it to be reconsidered when we (hopefully) get a positive decision back on the PIP?
Thanks!
That’s what I’d be doing.