Severe Disablement Allowance 



Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) has been replaced with ESA, but if you were already getting SDA, you carry on getting it.



However, people in receipt of SDA are now required to be reassessed to see if they are capable of work or eligible for ESA. This may include a face-to-face Work Capability Assessment (see page 16). If the reassessment shows you are capable of working, your SDA will stop. The Jobcentre will then discuss your next steps, including claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance. If the reassessment shows you can’t work, you will be transferred automatically on to ESA.



Your claim will not be reassessed if you reached State Pension Age before 6 April 2014.