WCA mandatory reconsideration letter tool

We understand how stressful an incorrect ‘fit for work’ decision is. Use our free tool to create a mandatory reconsideration letter for your work capability assessment decision. Don’t be put off—tell the DWP why they got it wrong and get the support you are entitled to. Designed by welfare rights advisers to help you make your case in an ESA mandatory reconsideration or LCWRA mandatory reconsideration.

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Welcome to our template letter tool that makes it easier to challenge a decision about your claim for Employment Support Allowance or the limited capability for work element of your Universal Credit claim. We know that the DWP makes wrong decisions very frequently, and we want to help you to get the correct amount of benefit.

According to research, using our mandatory reconsideration tools more than doubles your chances of getting the decision changed at the mandatory reconsideration stage.

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How to appeal a work capability assessment decision

Before you can appeal a fit for work decision to a tribunal, you have to ask the DWP to look at the decision again. That is what a mandatory reconsideration is. Use this tool. If the decision is not changed, then you can appeal. Follow our advice in Appeal a work capability assessment decision.

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Don't give up

If your mandatory reconsideration is not successful, appeal the decision. Remember we have help for you at every stage - asking for appeal, preparing for a hearing, what will happen on the day, and writing a submission for the tribunal setting out your case.

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