Can full time students claim disability benefits?

Occupation and Support Allowance (ESA)

Contributory ESA

On the off chance that you are not ready to work because of ailment or inability, you might be qualified for contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) while you are a full-time understudy on the off chance that you have already worked and paid national protection commitments.

Pay related ESA

As a full time understudy you may have the capacity to claim salary related Employment and Support Allowance in the event that you are additionally getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment. on the other hand Armed Forces Independence Payment

On the off chance that you are a full time understudy who is getting DLA you consider having restricted ability for work without having a Work Capability Assessment.

On the off chance that you get understudy support as an award or an advance, this will likely diminish the measure of wage related ESA you can get.

Work Capability Assessment

You are just qualified for ESA in the event that you fulfill the Work Capability Assessment. In the event that exercises you do as a major aspect of your course proposes that you don't meet this test, you could lose this advantage. For instance, on the off chance that you are getting ESA in light of the fact that you said you have issues with strolling and your course includes a considerable measure of physical action, this could bring about your ESA case to be checked on.

Individual Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance

You can get Personal Independence Payment or Attendance Allowance regardless of the possibility that you are a full-time understudy.

On the off chance that you have handicaps, are matured under 65 and need assistance with your own consideration or portability needs, you can get Personal Independence Payment. In the event that you require help with individual care and are matured 65 or over, you can get Attendance Allowance.

Individual Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance are not implies tried. This implies any salary (counting understudy allows or credits) or reserve funds you have are disregarded.

On the off chance that exercises you do as a component of your course propose that your wellbeing has enhanced, your Personal Independence Payment or Attendance Allowance might stop. For instance, on the off chance that you are getting Personal Independence Payment on the grounds that you said you have issues with strolling and your course includes a great deal of physical action, this could bring about your honor to be checked on.

Insufficiency Benefit and Disability Living Allowance

You can't make another case for Incapacity Benefit or Disability Living Allowance yet in the event that you are as of now asserting one of these advantages, you can keep on getting them when you turn into a full-time understudy, the length of despite everything you meet the criteria.

It would be ideal if you note, in any case, that on the off chance that you are as yet getting Incapacity Benefit you will be reassessed sooner or later and might then be exchanged to Employment and Support Allowance or need to claim Jobseeker's Allowance where the tenets for full time understudies are distinctive. See our data guide on inadequacy advantages reassessments for more points of interest.

On the off chance that you are as yet getting Disability Living Allowance you will be reassessed for Personal Independence Payment, the timetable can be found on our Benefit Changes guide - October 2015.

On the off chance that exercises you do as a feature of your course recommend that your wellbeing has enhanced, you could lose your advantage. For instance, in the event that you are getting Incapacity Benefit in light of the fact that you said you have issues with strolling and your course includes a ton of physical action, this could bring about your Incapacity Benefit case to be surveyed.