Long Term Disability Law Blog

An amputation is a physically and emotionally shocking experience. Some amputations are scheduled in advance due to cancer or other serious illness. Others are the result of traumatic injuries, leading to amputation of a limb. No matter how you have come to lose a limb or other body part, you may eventually decide to have […]

Anxiety is no joke, even though it has been made the punchline of comedians and memes around the world. It isn’t always a disabling condition, although people with severe anxiety can have difficulty getting through their workday, or even getting out of the house. Anxiety disorder is characterized by symptoms like nervousness, restlessness, feelings of […]

It should be simple to file for your long term disability insurance benefits. You fill out your claim form and send it in. Unfortunately, it doesn’t end there. You will need to send in supporting documents from your employer, your doctor, medical records, and documents from anyone else who treated you. Attending Physician Statement The […]

Filing a claim for long-term disability insurance is difficult enough. The company needs to see proof that you cannot work at your job because your injury is so serious, and sometimes, it seems they won’t accept anything, even x-rays of your femur sticking out of your leg in three places as proof. What can you […]

Whether you are applying for long term disability insurance for the first time or sending in a claim for disability payments, the insurance company is going to ask you many questions. These questions are intrusive and personal. Although you must be honest about everything you say on the application, you must remember that the insurance […]

Most group long term disability (LTD) insurance policies permit the insurance company to reduce the disabled claimant’s LTD benefit by the amount that he or she and their spouse or children/dependents receive in Social Security disability (SSD) benefits from the Social Security Administration. Once an award of SSD benefits occurs, the disabled claimant should promptly […]

A group long term disability claim is insured by a private insurance company or sometimes by a self-insured employer. A Social Security disability claim is insured by the federal government and administered by the Social Security Administration. These claims are completely separate disability claims; however, the SSD claim process and the outcome of that process […]

If your employer offers long term disability insurance, you may wonder whether to purchase it. Long term disability insurance is designed to cover a portion of your pay if you are unable to work for an extended period due to an accident or illness. Since none of us want to think about a serious or […]

The coverage offered by Long Term Disability (“LTD”) insurance policies can significantly vary across insurance companies and different employers. However, it is increasingly common to see policy language with broad exclusions or limited pay periods for certain medical conditions. Studies have found that these are the five most common medical conditions (in order) that result […]

Proving Physical Disability form any Gainful Occupation due to Chronic Pain from Low Back Pain, Neck Pain, and Fibromyalgia* A female client in her 50’s had her long term disability benefits terminated by New York Life insurance company (doing business as Cigna) as of the date her long term disability insurance policy transitioned its definition […]