Do I still get paid while waiting for my WCA appeal?

Last updated: June 2026

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If you get ESA, you can usually continue to receive the "basic" rate while you wait, provided you submit regular fit notes from your GP. 

Your UC amount won’t change but you will not get the extra "health element" (LCWRA) until you win your appeal, at which point it will be backdated.

Give yourself the best chance of winning by following all our advice in Appeal a work capability assessment decision.

ESA help

ESA descriptors and points

ESA mandatory reconsideration letter tool

ESA mandatory reconsiderations advice

ESA appeals

ESA tribunal hearings

ESA tribunal submission tool

FAQs about ESA mandatory reconsiderations and appeals

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Work Capability Assessment descriptors and points

Claimant commitments

UC mandatory reconsideration letter tool

UC mandatory reconsiderations advice

UC appeals

UC tribunal hearings

UC tribunal submission tool

FAQs about work capability assessments mandatory reconsiderations and appeals

UC sanctions

UC overpayments

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