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2022
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May
- Michigan Physician with Chronic Back Pain Wins LTD Benefits from Unum
- Physician Resident in Ohio Awarded LTD benefits from Unum Due to Spinal Injury
- California Court Awards Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits and Finds Unum was Wrong to Invoke a Crime Exception
- Seventh Circuit Finds Breast Cancer Is Not a Preexisting Condition Under The Terms Of A Health Insurance Policy
- Ohio Truck Driver with PTSD Entitled to Disability Benefits from United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
- How Can My Condition Be Pre-Existing If I Have Not Been Diagnosed?
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April
- Diagnosing, Treating, and Learning to Manage Long Covid
- Covid-19 May Lead to Brain Cell Damage in All Demographics
- How Can an IME Help Prove Long Covid?
- What Is Neuropsychological Testing and Does it Help Prove Long Covid?
- CIGNA LINA Says Houston Woman Suffering Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Return to Work with Troubled Youths
- LifeMap Fails to Consider Medical Evidence It Already Has on File
- Anthem Expects Dallas Nurse with Long COVID to Return to Work
- Hartford Penalizes Nashville Woman with Leukemia and Lupus for ‘Being in a Good Mood’ During a Virtual Appointment
- UNUM Denies Short-Term Disability Benefits for 61-Year-Old Woman with Heart Failure
- When the “Energizer Bunny” Loses Her Battery, CIGNA LINA Denies Benefits
- Disability Insurance Benefits for Dentists through Berkshire-Guardian
- American Bar Association Disability Insurance Claim with MetLife
- American Association of Emergency Physician Disability Insurance Claim with Hartford
- COVID Long-Haulers Fight Uphill Battle for Disability Benefits
- How To Choose A Disability Insurance Attorney
- Florida Bar Member Disability Insurance Claim with Guardian
- Prudential Disability Insurance for Members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Reliance Standard Suddenly Terminates Benefits for Tampa Woman with Chronic and Crippling Pain
- New York Life American Medical Association Disability Insurance Claim
- New York Life American Association of Orthodontists Disability Insurance Claim
- New York Accountant Won Lawsuit Against Unum Who Wrongfully Denied their LTD Benefits
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March
- What is a CPET and Can it Be Used to Prove Long Covid?
- What is Long Covid?
- Is It Difficult to Prove Long Covid?
- Reliance Standard Denies LTD Benefits for Fall Risk in Orlando, FL
- Hartford Terminates Long-Term Disability Benefits for Client with Rare, Potentially Fatal Disorder
- CIGNA LINA Insists Aircraft Mechanic Suffering Dizziness and Syncope Can Continue Working 15ft in the Air
- Lincoln Revokes Short-Term Disability Benefits After Brain Surgery
- Dabdoub Law Firm Explains Long COVID to Lincoln to Recover Jupiter, FL Client’s LTD Benefits
- Should I Give My LTD Carrier My Notice of Award and Decision for SSDI Benefits?
- Lincoln Terminates Benefits for Atlanta Client After Life-Changing Car Accident
- Reliance Standard Uses Changing Definition of Disability to Justify Wrongful Termination of Benefits for Ft. Lauderdale Client
- I Submitted an Appeal To the Insurance Company, Now What?
- Kentucky Court Rules That St. Elizabeth Medical Center is Not Subject To the Church-Plan Exception Under ERISA
- Checklist for Appealing a Short-Term Disability (“STD”) Denial
- Checklist for Appealing a Long-Term Disability Claim (“LTD”) Denial
- Why Do I Have To Pay Attorney's Fees When The Insurance Company Wrongfully Denied My Claim?
- Why Do I Have to Continue to See My Doctor If There Is No Treatment For My Condition?
- How Do Long-Term Disability Insurance Companies Calculate Lump-Sum Settlements?
- 3 Things to Think About If the Insurance Company Offers You a Lump-Sum Settlement
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February
- When Should I Initiate My Short-Term Disability Claim?
- When Should I Initiate My Long-Term Disability Claim?
- UNUM Denies Claim for Essential Employee with Long COVID
- Lincoln Misclassifies Lyme Disease and ME/CFS as Mental Health Conditions to Justify Termination of Benefits
- Dabdoub Law Firm Recovers Disability Benefits for Fayetteville Client with Parkinson’s Disease
- CIGNA LINA Falsely Claims Our Client’s Cognitive Impairments Do Not Cause Functional Limitations
- Research Into “Long Covid” Isolates 4 Potential Contributing Factors
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Is Often Misdiagnosed or Dismissed
- Dabdoub Law Firm Recovers Long-Term Disability Benefits the Day After Lincoln Terminates Them
- CIGNA LINA Cherry Picks Evidence to Terminate Benefits for Disabled Coal Miner
- What You Need to Know About the 180-Day Appeal Deadline Under ERISA
- Three Things You Need to Know About Residential Treatment Claims
- Federal Court in Virginia Rules that Lincoln Life Insurance Benefits Go to the Primary Beneficiary
- Employer Provided Disability Insurance For Physicians
- Do I Really Need a Disability Insurance Lawyer?
- Missouri Court Finds a Claimant Properly Elected Life Insurance Benefits Through Her Employer Mastercard
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January
- Why Would Long-Term Disability Offer a Lump-Sum Settlement?
- Can You Cash Out Disability Insurance Benefits?
- Can I Still Apply For Long Term Disability Benefits If I Was Denied Short Term Disability Benefits?
- Kentucky Truck Driver With Transverse Myelitis Loses Against Standard Insurance Company for Lack of Medical Evidence Showing Dis
- Am I Required to go to My Disability Insurance Company's Independent Medical Examination (IME)?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Claims Another Victory for Oregon Client Against CIGNA
- Dabdoub Law Firm Appeals Bad CIGNA LTD Decision
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Client Recover LTD from Mutual of Omaha
- Dabdoub Law Firm Appeals Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston Disability Denial
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2021
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December
- Why is the ERISA LTD Appeal Process so Important?
- How do I know if my LTD claim is governed by ERISA?
- ERISA Claim Procedures: Explained
- When can I file a lawsuit for denied LTD benefits under ERISA?
- When to Sue Your LTC or Disability Insurance Company - an Interview with Edward Dabdoub, Esq.
- Dabdoub Law Firm Gives Hartford a Reality Check for Los Angeles Client with Meniere’s Disease
- Is a Lump-Sum Settlement Right for Me?
- Everything You Should Know About a Lump-Sum Settlement
- Are Long-Term Disability Lump-Sum Settlements Taxable?
- Pennsylvania Court Finds Reliance Standard Abused It’s Discretion When It Terminated Benefits for Disabled Financial Advisor Wit
- Can I Request a Lump Sum Payment While Receiving LTD Benefits?
- Maryland Court Grants Motion to Reopen Claim after Boston Mutual fails to extend or toll ERISA deadlines
- What happens if I reject a lump sum settlement offer from my insurance company?
- How to Win a Long-Term Disability Appeal
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Miami Anesthesiologist Recover Benefits From UNUM
- Why Was I Served an Interpleader Complaint for Life Insurance Benefits?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Recovers LTD Benefits from Northwestern Mutual for Boca Raton Podiatrist with Atrial Fibrillation
- What is Evidence of Insurability in a Life Insurance Claim?
- LINA Wrongly Denied Benefits for North Carolina Regional Manager Suffering from Cervical Dystonia
- California Court finds Anthem Wrongly Denied LTD Benefits For a Vice President suffering from Psychiatric Issues
- How Do I Know if I Have Long-Term Disability Coverage?
- Mississippi Woman, Disabled After a Car Accident, Wins Evidence Argument Against Unum
- Can I get Long-Term Disability Benefits for a Brain Injury?
- 3 Main Reasons Your Life Insurance Benefits Claim May Be Denied
- Dabdoub Law Firm Explains ME/CFS to Reliance Standard, Winning LTD Benefits for Fertility Nurse in Bronx, NY
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November
- 3 Reasons Your LTD Claim May Be Denied
- How Doctors – and Insurance Companies – Should Manage Patients with CFS
- When Should I Worry About Back Pain?
- What Happens If Back Pain Is Left Untreated?
- Lincoln Cherry Picks Job Tasks in Attempt to Send Tumor-Ridden Safety Manager Back to Work
- CIGNA LINA Ignores Long List of Diagnoses to Terminate Disability Benefits for Registered Nurse
- CIGNA Claims Man with Brain Injury Can Become “Undisabled”
- Mass Mutual Ignores Evidence of Marlboro Woman’s Active Seizure Disorder
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October
- 5 Back Problems That Are Often Considered Long-Term Disabilities
- Is Chronic Back Pain Considered a Long-Term Disability?
- Long-Term Disability Benefits for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Long Term Disability Benefits for Stroke
- Long Term Disability Benefits for Chronic Pain
- Nationwide Wrongly Denied STD Benefits in Columbus, Ohio when Treating Doctor Set Work-from-home Limitations
- How Does My Pension Impact My Long-Term Disability Benefits?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Las Vegas Client Recover Individual Disability Benefits for Chronic Migraines
- Long Term Disability Benefits for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
- What You Need to Know About “Pre-Disability Earnings” When Calculating Your LTD Benefits
- Helping You Obtain Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits When You Suffer from a Traumatic Brain Injury
- How Do You Know if You Have Chronic Back Pain?
- Specialty Occupation Disability Policies for Attorneys
- Lincoln Denies Orlando Grandmother’s Claim for LTD Benefits Due to Chronic Pain
- Specialty Occupation Disability Insurance Policies for Physicians
- Reliance Standard Misuses Look-Back Period to Deny Back Pain Claim
- Severance Agreements and Long-Term Disability Insurance—What You Need to Know
- Mutual of Omaha Breaks with Doctors’ Advice for Claimant Recovering from Breast Cancer
- Can Chronic Back Pain Be Cured?
- Montana Court Rules Against Sun Life’s Denial of Disability Benefits: Objective Evidence Not Required to Prove Chronic Pain
- What is Proof of Loss?
- What Is Chronic Back Pain and What Can I Do About It?
- 3 Tips for Filling Out Disability Insurance Claim Forms
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September
- Three Things to Know About Lump-Sum Settlements
- LTD benefits for Multiple Sclerosis (“MS”)
- How Long-Term Disability Works
- Can I Get Long Term Disability Benefits For an Invisible Disease?
- Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Impairment (“Chemo Brain”) Disability Insurance Attorneys
- Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Disability Insurance Attorneys
- Specialty Occupation Disability Insurance Policy
- Sedgwick Ignores Worsening Physical and Mental Health of Software Programmer in Wilmington, DE
- CIGNA LINA Denies STD Benefits for Behavioral Health Worker with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Prudential Plays Down Serious Autoimmune Disorders to Terminate LTD Benefits
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Regional Business Manager in Tucson, AZ Recover Long-Term Disability Benefits on Appeal
- Prudential Claims Salesman with Spasmodic Dysphonia Is Not Disabled
- Can I get more LTD benefits if I have more than one condition?
- South Carolina Court Rules in Favor of Construction Supervisor with Disabilities Against United of Omaha
- Is Chronic Pain a Disability?
- Tips for Winning a Chronic Pain Disability Case
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August
- Do’s and Don'ts For Filing a LTD Claim
- Long-Term Disability Benefits for Suffering a Stroke
- Long-Term Disability Benefits for Fibromyalgia
- Michigan Court Finds Disability Insurance Plan Failed To Do A Full And Fair Review for an Engineer Suffering From Mental Health
- Long Covid: What You Need to Know
- Long Covid and Chronic Fatigue
- 3 Things You Must Include With Your Disability Insurance Appeal
- MetLife Misinterprets Client’s Condition and High-Level Occupation to Deny Benefits
- What do I do if I am diagnosed with a new condition while receiving LTD benefits?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Wins Disability Benefits for Anesthesiologist with Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms
- GE Tries Every Possible Justification to Deny Dayton, OH Employee’s Disability Benefits
- CIGNA LINA Expects Salesman who Survived Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma to Bounce Back and Return to Work
- Prudential Asks Arthritic Nurse to Return to Work After 3 Years of Acknowledging Her Disability
- How Can I Get My Long Term Disability Appeal Approved?
- Is My Insurance Company Going to Watch Me Once I Am Approved for Disability Benefits?
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July
- Why Does My Insurance Company Say I Can Work in Any Occupation?
- 10 of the Long-Term Disability Definitions You Should Know
- Understanding Long-Term Disability Insurance Company Peer Reviews
- How Long After I Stop Working Do I Have to File My LTD Claim?
- Can I Negotiate the Buy-out Offer from My Disability Insurance Company?
- Court Rules Unum Wrong for Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits of Director of Operations Disabled from Fibromyalgia
- Can My Disability Insurance Offset My Children’s SSDI If They Don’t Live With Me?
- Guardian Denies LTD Benefits Despite Depression and Suicidal Ideation
- Hartford Denies Claim for Canadian Project Manager Facing Rapid Deterioration of His Mental Health
- MetLife Asks Engineer with Debilitating Cognitive Impairment to Return to Work Running Trains
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Managing Director of Las Vegas Bank Recover LTD Benefits for Fibromyalgia
- The Hartford Punishes Andover Routing Specialist for Trying to Work Through Mental Health Problems
- CIGNA LINA Terminates Benefits for Ewing, NJ Man with Liver Cancer One Year Before His Retirement
- Which Medical Condition Qualifies For Long Term Disability Benefits If I Have Multiple Conditions?
- Hartford Unjustly Terminates LTD Benefits for NC Woman with Physical and Mental Health Conditions
- The Standard Tries to Send Woman Back to Work Even Though Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevents Her from Using Her Hands
- Dabdoub Law Firm Sends Hartford 6 Letters to Recover LTD Benefits for Man with Stage IV Cancer
- What Do I Do For My LTD Claim If I Lose My Health Insurance?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Recovers 10 Months of Disability Payments for Domestic Violence Survivor
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June
- 5 Common Causes of Chronic Back Pain
- Long-Term Disability Benefits for Chronic Back Pain
- 5 Things You Need to Know About ME/CFS
- Can I Get Disability Benefits if I Don’t Have a Diagnosis?
- Federal Court Finds Discovery is Allowed in ERISA Denial of Benefits Cases
- Court Rules Standard Insurance Company Wrong for Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits of Office Manager Disabled from Pain
- Can I Get Disability Insurance Benefits For Anxiety?
- When Does My Long-Term Disability (“LTD”) Coverage Start?
- How are my LTD Benefits Calculated?
- Aetna Wrong to Terminate Former Senior Account Executive’s Long-Term Disability Benefits After Paying Benefits for 14 Years
- How Can I Prove My Chronic Pain?
- Reliance Standard Loses in Appeals Court for Wrongly Denying Benefits to an Injured Ship Captain
- How Can I Prove I Have Migraines?
- What is Voluntary Short Term Disability?
- Can I Take Out My Retirement Benefits While Being Paid LTD Benefits?
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May
- This Is How You Can Get a Copy of Your IME Report
- What Happens When the IME Doctor Disagrees With My Doctor?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Wins Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits for Client on Appeal
- How Much do Life Insurance Attorneys Charge?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Battles Hartford for Miami Beach Executive’s LTD Benefits
- Can I Work While Applying for Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits?
- What Do I Do If My Doctor Doesn't Support My Disability?
- Reliance Standard Loses Attempt to Keep Favorable Standard of Review After Failing to Prove it Complied with ERISA Deadline
- Florida Court Dismisses Counterclaim Alleging Negligence and Failure to Investigate Against American General Life Insurance Comp
- What is a Functional Capacity Evaluation?
- Dabdoub Law Firm Appeals Denied Long-Term Disability Claim for U.S. Veteran in St. Albans, WV
- What Does Disability Insurance Cover?
- Prudential Takes Months to Acknowledge Migraines, Then Denies Retroactive Benefits
- How Long Does Short Term Disability Last?
- CIGNA LINA Cherry Picks Evidence to Deny Chronic Pain Claim
- Hartford Uses Paperwork Technicality to Terminate Benefits for Fort Lauderdale Man with Chronic Migraines
- Guardian Terminates Railroad Worker’s STD Benefits Despite Life-or-Death Stakes
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Florida Trial Attorney with Stage IV Breast Cancer Recover Disability Benefits from UNUM
- Sun Life Financial Terminates Benefits for New Jersey Nurse After Double Knee Replacements and Chronic Pain
- What is a Neuropsychological Evaluation?
- Lincoln Misuses Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion for Oil Field Worker in Aubrey, TX
- Prudential Tries to Send Florida Nurse Back to Work 13 Days After Serious Back Surgery
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April
- Why Is My Disability Appeal Taking So Long?
- Appellate Court Finds Kansas City Life Insurance’s Denial of Missouri Nurse’s Disability Benefits Wrong
- Are Independent Medical Examinations Truly Independent?
- 3 Things You Should Do To Prepare for an IME
- Cigna Wrongly Terminated Long-Term Disability Benefits of a Registered Nurse Suffering From Chronic Pain
- Solari v. Partners Healthcare LTD Plan Mass D. Ct.
- Texas Man Suffering From Small Fiber Neuropathy Has Lawsuit Against Prudential For Long-Term Disability Benefits Dismissed
- Tait v. Principal Policy Coverage Termination Issue
- Patrick v. RSL
- Withers v. Omaha
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March
- Can I Still File My Disability Insurance Claim Late?
- Washington Court Rules in Favor of Microsoft Employee Seeking Long Term Disability Benefits from Prudential Insurance Company
- What Happens After an IME Report?
- IME Doctor Tricks
- Everything You Need to Know About an Independent Medical Examination
- Texas District Court Court Agrees BP Drilling Engineer with Chronic Pain is Entitled to Long-term Disability Benefits from Cigna
- Louisiana District Court Rules that Claimant’s Access to Prudential’s Claim File Required for a “Full and Fair Review” under ERI
- UNUM’s Self-Reported Limitation
- Carlile v. Reliance Standard
- How Long Does the LTD Appeal Process Take?
- People With 'Long COVID' Fight for Disability Benefits
- New Jersey Court Rules Lincoln Financial’s Denial of Mortgage Consultant’s Long Term Disability Benefits was not Wrong or Unreas
- Insurers May Be Using COVID-19 to Deny More Claims
- Lincoln Terminates Benefits for Client Who Cannot Endure a Full Day of Work After Open-Heart Surgery
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps St. Louis Client with Meniere's Disease Recover Long-Term Disability Benefits from Cigna
- Prudential Dismisses Life or Death Stakes in Attempt to Send Orlando Operating Nurse Back to Work
- Orlando Hospice Nurse Asks Dabdoub Law Firm for Help After Lincoln's Puzzling Termination of Benefits
- When Do Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms Signal a Disability?
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February
- Hartford Uses Half-Baked Review to Terminate Benefits for Ontario Cancer Patient
- Here Are the Details About Individual Physician Disability Insurance Plans
- This Is What You Should Know About Group Physician Disability Insurance Plans
- Monthly Disability Claim Forms
- This Is How Long-Term Physician Disability Insurance Functions
- Understanding the Change of Definition
- Interview By Disability Insurance Company
- How Long Will The Insurance Company Take to Decide My Claim?
- These Are the Facts About Catching COVID-19 While Living With COPD
- Paper Based Reviews During Coronavirus
- Five Mistakes When Filing A Disability Claim
- How to Win ME/CFS Diagnosis Cases
- Insurance Company Paying Disability Benefits and Offering Lump Sum Settlement
- My Disability Benefits Have Been Denied Even Though I Cannot Return to Work
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January
- 3 Things You Should Know if You Are Immunosuppressed and Your Work Requires Frequent Exposure to COVID-19
- Federal Court Rules for Liberty Life Assurance Company in Lawsuit for Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Can I Live Outside the United States and Still Collect LTD Benefits?
- What Do I Have to Show to Be Disabled from the “Any Occupation” Standard for Long Term Disability Benefits?
- COVID-19 and Diabetes
- Why is the Insurance Company Taking So Long to Approve My Long-Term Disability Claim?
- Guardian Disregards Chronic Back Pain in Unreasonable LTD Reversal
- Should My Doctors Speak with the Insurance Company’s Doctors?
- The Hartford Ignores Medical Evidence and SSA Determination to Take Away Woman’s LTD Benefits After Stroke
- What is the Difference Between SSD and LTD Benefits?
- A Comprehensive Guide to Physician Disability Insurance in 2021
- The Standard Lacks Consistency in Handling Woman’s LTD Claim for Cervical and Lumbar Spondylosis
- Hartford Uses Wrong and Unreasonable Policy Interpretation to Deny Woman’s Valid Transverse Myelitis Claim
- Can I Get a Lump Sum Buyout of My Long-Term Disability Claim?
- Lincoln Ignores Advice From Its Own Physician to Terminate Benefits for Mentally Ill Man With Comorbid Conditions
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December
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2020
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December
- Own-Occupation vs. Any-Occupation Disability Insurance
- Long-Term COVID Symptoms Are a Significant Public Health Issue
- How Much Does Physician Disability Insurance Cost?
- MetLife Contradicts Its Own Notes In Coronary Artery Disease Claim
- Lincoln Disagrees with SSA in Shocking LTD Denial
- The Hartford Inexplicably Denies Nurse’s Long-Term Disability Claim
- UNUM Ignores Multiple Diagnoses in Chronic Back Pain Case
- Cigna Denies Claim Despite Evidence of Debilitating Daily Migraines
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November
- California Bank Systems Engineer with CFS is Entitled to Long-Term Benefits from Unum
- What is Presumptive Disability?
- Standard Denies Long-term Benefits to California Teacher with Chronic Lyme Disease
- United of Omaha Wrongfully Applied Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion to Wisconsin Woman with Lung Cancer to Deny Her Long Term Di
- What is an Occupation Class Regarding Physician Disability Insurance?
- Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Disability Benefits Even Though The Insured Returned To Work During Case
- Mitchell v. Eastman Kodak Co.
- Michigan Court Finds MetLife Wrongfully Denied Benefits
- What Is a Waiver of Life Premium ("WOLP") Denial and What Do I Do When I Get One?
- Director of Operations Wins Disability Claim Against Sun Life in Michigan Appellate Court
- Alabama Registered Nurse Wins Disability Claim Against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston in Alabama District Court
- Alabama Salesman Wins Disability Claim Against Continental Casualty Company in Alabama Appellate Court
- UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (“UNUM”) Wrongly Denied Long-Term Disability (“LTD”) Benefits to Ohio Litigation Attorney
- After 4 Attempts, Dabdoub Law Firm Gets Aetna to Approve Unfairly Denied WOLP Claim
- Fortis Benefits Insurance Company Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits to Montana Paralegal with Cancer
- BellSouth Telecommunications (“BellSouth”) Wrongly Denied Total Disability Benefits to Alabama Employee
- Hartford Makes Situation Worse for Jacksonville Man Who Loses Dream Job Due to Back Pain
- Boston Mutual Wrongfully Applied Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion to Massachusetts Man's with MS to Deny Him Long Term Disabilit
- Lincoln Terminates Benefits and Denies Appeal After Paying LTD Benefits for 13 Years
- How to Appeal a Long-term Disability Denial
- First Union Wrongfully Denies Long-Term Disability Benefits of Chicago Man Suffering from Fibromyalgia
- Seizures Stop Registered Nurse From Working, SunLife Financial Terminates Benefits
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Parkland Man With ME/CFS Get Disability Benefits From The Standard
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October
- Lloyd's of London Settles Case with Invasive and Interventional Cardiologist
- Knowledge and Empathy Are the Best Tools for Helping COVID 'Long Haulers' and Others With Disabilities
- What the Coronavirus Teaches Us About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- What is Residual Disability?
- Ohio Court Rules Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company Wrongly Interpreted Policy's Definition of "Regular Occupation" in Den
- Arizona Court Rejects "Retired/Unemployed" as Regular Occupation for Purposes of Terminating Disability Benefits
- New York Court Finds Insurance Company Wrongfully Denied Disability Benefits Sought During Unemployment
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits to Sales Executive in California
- Aetna Failed to Provide a Full and Fair Review of Louisiana Banking Manager's Claim for Disability Benefits
- Physician Disability Insurance: Total Disability
- New York Surgeon Suffering From Dermatitis Wins Lawsuit For Total Disability Benefits
- Minnesota Attorney Wins Lawsuit For Total Disability Benefits Before State Supreme Court Against Commercial Insurance Company of
- Disabled California Computer Engineer Unable Wins Lawsuit Against Aetna for Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Louisiana Trial Lawyer with Cardiac Condition Wins Lawsuit Against American United Life Insurance Company for Total Disability B
- New Jersey Orthopedic Surgeon with Coronary Artery Disease Wins against Reliance Standard over the Material Duties of his Regula
- Florida Ob/Gyn with Amputated Finger Defeats Reliance Standard over Definition of Regular Occupation
- Cigna Threatens to Deny Benefits for Recovering Breast Cancer Survivor
- Cigna Makes Client With Lyme Disease Jump Through Hoops To Get STD Benefits
- United of Omaha Erroneously Claims Cognitively Impaired Engineer Can Go Back to Work
- Physician Disability Insurance FAQs
- Prudential Terminates Benefits While Service Delivery Manager Recovers From Brain Tumor
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September
- Physician Disability Insurance: General Physicians
- Reliance Standard Wrongly Interpreted Policy's Definition of "Regular Occupation" and "Material Duties" in Denying Benefits to F
- Eight Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Merck Sales Representative Disabled from Occupation
- Court Rules that Jury Must Decide Whether Florida Surgeon Injured in Ski Accident Suffered "Total Disability"
- Minnesota Court Defines Total Disability by Loss of Earning Capacity for Physician with Injured Arm
- Should I Consider Any Doctor Disability Insurance Riders?
- Massachusetts Court Rules in Favor of Chiropractor Seeking Total Disability Benefits from Continental Assurance Company After an
- Pennsylvania Court Rules Against Equitable Life Assurance in Applying Material and Substantial Duties of a Trial Attorney
- Guardian Improperly Denies Cancer Patient's Claim Due to 'Lack of Medical Information'
- Dabdoub Law Firm Wins LTD Benefits From The Standard After Traumatic Brain Injury
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Pharmacy Manager With Mental Health Conditions Get His Lincoln LTD Claim Approved
- United Attempts to Send Engineer Back to Work Despite Cognitive Impairment
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August
- Why is Own-Occupation Physician Disability Insurance Necessary?
- A Testimonial From One of Our Many Satisfied Clients
- How Much Physician Disability Insurance Coverage Do I Need?
- UNUM Wrongly Interpreted Policy's Definition of Total Disability in Denying Benefits to California Surgeon
- Equitable Life Assurance Wrongly Denied Total Disability Benefits to Georgia Dentist & Real Estate Developer
- Connecticut Court Rules Dentist is Partially Disabled under Northwestern Disability Policy Because He Can Perform Some Dental Pr
- Minnesota Supreme Court Defines Total Disability in the Occupational Sense for a Worker Suffering From Back Pain
- Minnesota Supreme Court Awards Total Disability Benefits to Bricklayer in Lawsuit Against North American Life & Casualty Company
- Arkansas Supreme Court Awards Total Disability Benefits for Cardiologist in Lawsuit Against Provident Life & Accident Insurance
- Georgia Court Rules For Gynecologist Finding Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Incorrectly Applied its Policy Terms
- Georgia Obstetrician/Gynecologist Wins Lawsuit Against Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America
- Prudential Wrongfully Terminates LTD Benefits for Disabled RN
- Dabdoub Law Firm Files Successful PLS Disability Claim With Lincoln
- Prudential Reverses and Reinstates Benefits for Retired Navy Veteran
- Hartford Denies LTD Benefits to Surgical Technician Despite Physical Disability
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July
- Edward Dabdoub Named Florida Trend Legal Elite 2020 Attorney
- Client Spotlight: Studio Drawdy
- Reliance Standard Ignores the Facts After Executive's Stroke
- Florida Appellate Court Finds Definition of Occupation is Relevant to Disability Insurance Breach of Contract Case
- Florida Invasive and Interventional Cardiologist Wins Lawsuit For Total Disability Benefits Against Massachusetts Casualty Insur
- Michigan Dentist Wins Lawsuit For Total Disability Benefits Against Provident Life and Accident Company and Paul Revere Insuranc
- Physician Disability Insurance: Purchasing Process
- Minnesota Surgeon Wins Lawsuit For Total Disability Benefits Against National Life Insurance Company
- Florida Supreme Court Interprets Ambiguous Language in Berkshire’s Disability Policy in Favor of Claimant
- Standard Insurance Company Wrongly Terminated Louisiana Surgeon’s Total Disability Benefits
- How is “Disability” Defined for Physicians?
- CIGNA LINA Awards Disability Benefits After Multiple Denials
- Georgia Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Physician in Disability Claim for Lifetime Benefits Against Provident Life and Acciden
- Hawaiian Court Finds Urologist Disabled Under His UNUM Disability Insurance Policy
- The Standard Wrongfully Terminates Benefits for Disabled Pediatric Nurse
- Lincoln Denies ER Doctor's Request for FMLA Leave Despite Prostate Cancer
- Prudential Misclassifies Brain Disorder as Mental Health Condition
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June
- What is Physician Disability Insurance and Why Do I Need it?
- Attorney Edward Dabdoub Renews Super Lawyers Recognition in 2020
- Warning Signs of Pneumonia
- What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
- Court Finds Reliance Standard’s Denial of Accidental Death Benefits Based on An Alcohol/Drug Exclusion Was Wrong
- Tennessee Nursing Home Administrator Wins Lawsuit for Long-Term Disability Benefits Against UNUM
- Will I Receive Disability Benefits If I'm Diagnosed with Coronavirus?
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Michigan Nurse Was Not Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Filing ERISA Suit
- UNUM Grants Disability Benefits for Institutionalized Urologist
- MetLife Denies Long-Term Benefits After Multiple Providers Say Teacher Is Too Sick to Work
- Cigna Terminates Claim Despite Evidence of Serious Injury
- Guardian Takes Away Long-Term Disability Benefits With No Supporting Evidence
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Disabled Physiatrist Recover Benefits From New York Life
- Dabdoub Law Firm Helps Head and Neck Surgeon Recover Disability Insurance Benefits
- Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company Denies Benefits After Accidental Death
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May
- COVID-19: FAQs For People With Lung Cancer
- Atlanta Lawyer Suffering with Migraines Wins Lawsuit Against the Standard Insurance Company for Long Term Disability Benefits
- Symptoms of Emphysema
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Life Insurance Benefits to Boeing Employee Whose Wife Died of Suicide
- Court Rules Kansas City Life Insurance Company Wrongly Denied Short- and Long-Term Disability Benefits to Nurse Anesthetist
- Chicago Lawyer with Vision Loss Wins Lawsuit Against MetLife for Disability Benefits
- Court Finds Hartford Violated ERISA When Wrongfully Denying Benefits to a California Woman Suffering from Stage Three Ovarian Ca
- First Circuit Court of Appeals Finds The Standard Used Wrong Occupational Standard When Determining Maine Environmental Lawyer's
- Group Product Manager with Chronic Migraines Wins Case for Long Term Disability Benefits Administered by Liberty Life Assurance
- Alabama Court Rules in Favor of Manager Suffering From Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Florida Man Fights for LTD Benefits from Hartford After Becoming Blind
- Virginia Man Unable to Work, Says Doctors – But Lincoln Disagrees
- Nurse Fights for LTD Benefits After Missing Usual Eligibility Window by 3 Days
- DMS Denies LTD Benefits for Airline Pilot with High Risk of Heart Attack
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April
- Living With Chronic Bronchitis
- Dealing With COPD
- Specific Lung Conditions and COVID-19
- CTE Diagnoses Common Among Pro Football Players
- Getting Disability Because of Coronavirus
- Do I Still Have To See My Doctors For My Long Term Disability Claim During Coronavirus?
- Can My Disability Insurance Company Force Me To Go To An IME During Coronavirus?
- Can I Obtain Long Term Disability Benefits Because Of Coronavirus?
- Can My Insurance Company Pay My Long Term Disability Benefits In Advance Because of Coronavirus?
- Will Coronavirus Affect My Lawsuit For Long Term Disability Benefits?
- Is Coronavirus Going to Affect My Long Term Disability Benefits?
- What’s With All The Acquisitions?
- Reliance Approves Mental Health Disabilities But Ignores Physical Ailments
- Severely Ill Woman's LTD Benefits Canceled Early Due to Erroneous Surveillance
- LTD Benefits Canceled 7 Years After They Start Due to Botched Surveillance
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March
- Florida Court Clarifies What the Pre-Existing Exclusion Means When Determining If Back Pain Is Excluded for a Real Estate Manage
- Appeals Court Reverses Unum's Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits for Complications of Surgery Based on a Pre-Existing Condi
- Principal Wrongly Applied Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion in Denying Coverage for Indiana Executive
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Sides with Dabdoub Law Firm’s Client
- Liberty Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits to HR Manager in New Jersey
- Appealing a Denied Claim for Parkinson's Disease
- Court Finds Hartford's Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits Based on a Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion Was Wrong
- Appeals Court Agrees That Insurer's Denial of Health Insurance Benefits Based on a Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion for a Child
- Court Awarded Long Term Disability Benefits to Banker Who Suffered a Stroke After UNUM Pre-existing Condition Denial
- American United Life Insurance Loses Case in Ohio for Discrediting IT Manager's Valid Evidence of Back Pain
- Why are Parkinson's Disease Cases Hard to Prove?
- Radiculopathy Patient Asks Dabdoub Law Firm to Help Secure LTD Benefits
- Woman's Lupus Causes Cognitive Decline, Files & Appeals for LTD Benefits
- Man's Short-Term Disability Benefits Approved by Hartford - But Not LTD
- LINA Terminates Short-Term Disability Benefits for Head Trauma Survivor
- Ehlers-Danlose Syndrome Disability Claim Denied by Reliance Without Valid Explanation
- The Standard Denies Stroke Survivor's LTD Benefits, Cites Faulty Med Evaluation
- 22-Year Old Woman Files for LTD Benefits Due to Lyme Disease Complications
- Hartford Denies LTD Benefits for Anxiety, Requests Impossible Objective Evidence
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February
- Why do Parkinson's Disease Claims Get Denied?
- Hartford Denies Mans LTD Benefits Because He Isn't Presently in Heart Failure
- CIGNA Falsely Infers Woman with Comorbid Conditions "Miraculously Cured"
- Wisconsin Man Unable to Work Due to Chronic Vomiting, Files for Disability
- Aetna Denies LTD Benefits to Man Highly Sensitive to Most Consumer Products
- How To Prove Parkinson's Disease in a Long-Term Disability Claim
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January
- Can a Claim for Worker's Compensation Benefits Impact My Claim for Disability Benefits?
- Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
- What is Parkinson's Disease?
- Parkinson's Disease & Long-Term Disability: What You Should Know
- Boston Mutual Life Insurance Wrongfully Terminated Long-Term Disability Benefits for Nurse Suffering from Fibromyalgia in Baltim
- Court Finds Lincoln Used Wrong Date of Disability to Pay Illinois Tax Attorney a Smaller Monthly Benefit
- Michigan Court Approves Disability Benefits for Chronic Back Pain Against United of Omaha
- Can I Still File for Long Term Disability If My Short Term Disability Claim Is Denied?
- The Standard Denies LTD Benefits Using Inaccurate Med-Evaluation
- Akron Woman with EDS & Light Sensitivity Denied LTD Benefits by Liberty
- Stroke Survivor Gets LTD Benefits from CIGNA - But They're Canceled Early
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December
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2019
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December
- Reliance Cancels LTD Benefits for Back Injury Client, Cites Misdated Medical Note
- Lincoln Cancels LTD Benefits for Woman with Breathing Complications
- The Hartford Wins Fibromyalgia Case in New Mexico Due to Closed Record
- Kentucky Truck Driver Disabled From Chronic Pain Wins Lawsuit Against Standard
- Cancer Patient Fights for LTD Benefits After Prudential Ends Coverage Early
- Does A Severance From My Employer Affect My Disability Claim With The Insurance Company?
- Aetna Abandons Fiduciary Duties to Terminate LTD Benefits for Arthritis Patient
- Can a Disability Insurance Company Require Objective Medical Evidence?
- 2018 Changes to ERISA's Disability Claims Procedures: Increased Protections Against Abuse by Insurance Plans
- CFS/ME and Long-Term Disability Claims: What You Need to Know
- Will Severance Affect My Long Term Disability Benefits?
- Do I Lose My Disability Insurance If My Job Is Terminated?
- What To Do if Your CFS/ME Disability Claim Has Been Denied
- Why Fibromyalgia and CFS Disability Cases are Harder to Prove
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November
- How to Prove Fibromyalgia in Your Long-Term Disability Case
- What Is My Employer's Role in My Disability Insurance Claim?
- Filing An LTD Claim for Parkinson's Disease
- What Is My Doctor's Role in My LTD Claim?
- Are My LTD Benefits Taxable?
- Insurance Broker Disabled from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Wins Disability Lawsuit Against The Hartford
- Eleventh Circuit Finds MetLife Unreasonably Terminated Long Term Disability Benefits of Georgia Man Suffering From Chronic Back
- LINA (Cigna) Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits for Pennsylvania Nurse with Pain and Fatigue from Sjogren's Syndrome
- Kentucky Truck Driver Wins Against The Standard for Multiple Back Conditions
- What Is The Difference Between Fibromyalgia and CFS?
- A Disability Insurance Company Must Consider Stress as Causing Disability
- Cigna Juggles Engineer’s Disability Claim Before Terminating It Early
- MetLife Cites Incorrect Insurance Rule to Terminate Florida Woman’s LTD Benefits
- Nurse with Chronic Lip Infections Denied LTD Benefits by Unum
- Florida Attorney Disabled by Bipolar Disorder & Symptoms
- 10 Severe Comorbid Conditions Cause Man's Disability, MetLife Still Denies Benefits
- Aetna Denies LTD Benefits of Lifelong Airplane Mechanic
- Woman Hits Head, Suffers from Chronic Exhaustion Requiring LTD Benefits
- Dentist's LTD Benefits Terminated Early by Lincoln, Dabdoub Law Firm Appeals Twice
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October
- Does Long-Term Disability Cover Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
- Common Reasons Why CFS/ME Claims Are Denied?
- What Are Residential Treatment Centers?
- LINA Wrongly Terminated Disability Benefits for St. Louis Healthcare Administrator with Chronic Back Pain
- Why Do I Have to Keep Filling Out Disability Forms after My Claim Was Approved?
- MetLife Unreasonably Paid Life Insurance Death Benefits to Indiana Woman’s Ex-Husband
- Aetna Unfairly Denied Short Term Disability Benefits to Home Depot Employee with Narcolepsy
- If My LTD Benefits Are Approved, Will I Continue to Receive Monthly Payments Through the Maximum Benefit Period?
- If My Claim is Approved, Do I Stay on Disability Forever?
- I Don't Want to Have Surgery or Injections as Recommended by My Doctor
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September
- Winning a Long-Term Disability Case for PTSD
- Common Mental Disorders Covered Under Long-Term Disability
- Why Does My Disability Insurance Company Want to Send me to a Neuropsychological Evaluation?
- Functional Capacity Evaluations Requested by Disability Insurance Company
- What is an Independent Medical Examination?
- Florida Attorney with Heart Condition Wins Disability Case Against Reliance Standard
- The Basics of Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- UNUM Wrongly Terminated Michigan Nurse’s Disability Benefits After Paying for Five Years
- Arkansas Court Holds USAble Life Insurance Failed to Properly Review a Mental Health Therapist’s Claim for Disability Benefits
- Anesthesiologist Losing His Vision Fights Hartford for LTD Benefits
- Reliance Terminates LTD Benefits for Truck Driver with Severe Incontinence
- U.S. Veteran with Chronic Back Pain Denied LTD Benefits by Liberty
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August
- Keeping Good Documentation for Mental Disorder LTD Claims
- Long-Term Disability and Mental Illness - Everything You Need to Know
- My Long-Term Disability Claim Was Denied Over My Mental Disorder
- The Hartford Minimizes Man's LTD Benefits, Citing Mental Health Limitation
- Woman with Bipolar Disorder Denied Benefits by Liberty Due to Hasty Review
- Officer Manager with Chronic Pain Fights for LTD Benefits with Dabdoub Law Firm's Help
- LTD Benefits Terminated Early Without Cause, Reinstated with Our Help
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July
- LTD Benefits Reinstated for Client Living with Multiple Comorbid Conditions
- STD Benefits Reinstated & LTD Benefits Initiated for Ultrasound Technologist
- Appellate Lawyer Calls Upon Dabdoub Law Firm to File for LTD Benefits
- NFL Player Denied T&P Disability Benefits, Dabdoub Law Firm Successfully Appeals
- Do Long-Term Disability Claims Only Cover Physical Disabilities?
- New Blood Test in Development May Detect Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Who is Eligible for Disability Benefits for Depression?
- Oregon Attorney With Post-Concussion Syndrome Wins Disability Case Against The Standard Insurance Company
- Science Reporter with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Wins Lawsuit in New Jersey Against Prudential
- Property Manager with Ovarian Cancer Wins Disability Insurance Lawsuit Against United of Omaha in Mississippi
- Coca-Cola Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits to Disabled Car Accident Survivor
- How to Beat a Disability Insurance Company's Argument That There Is No Objective Evidence of Disability?
- Court Denies Motion to Exclude a Document that Would Help Wisconsin Woman Win her Disability Lawsuit Against Cigna
- Can a Disability Insurance Company Require Objective Medical Evidence as a Condition to Receiving Long-Term Disability Benefits?
- Florida Court Partially Grants NFL Disability Plan's Motion to Dismiss Former NFL Player's Lawsuit for Total and Permanent Disab
- Illinois Court Rules Aetna Wrongly Based Doctor's Disability Benefits Upon Reduced Salary
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June
- What to Do If Your Long-Term Disability Claim Has Been Wrongfully Denied
- Is My Mental Condition Covered Under Long-Term Disability?
- Ex-NFL Linebacker Claims Union Cut Pensions Because of Brain Injuries
- My Insurer Says There's No Objective Evidence of Disability. What Now?
- Autoerotic Asphyxiation & Accidental Death Policy
- Attorney Edward Dabdoub Selected for Inclusion in the 2019 Super Lawyers List
- American Airlines Wrongfully Terminated Pilot's Long-Term Disability Benefits in Pennsylvania
- Do I Have to Go to the IME for My Disability Insurance?
- UNUM Wrongfully Terminated LTD Benefits for Michigan Nurse with Lymphedema
- How Long Can the Insurance Company Take to Make a Decision on my Long-Term Disability Claim?
- Arkansas Court Finds USAble Life Misapplied Definition of Disability When Denying Mental Health Professional's Disability Benefi
- How Long Does the Insurance Company Have to Make a Decision on My Long-Term Disability Appeal?
- Illinois CAO Hit by Hockey Puck Permanently Disabled, Fights for LTD Benefits from Liberty
- Successful LTD Appeal of Liberty Benefits for Trucker with Chronic Colitis & Accident Injuries in Oregon
- Lincoln Claims Legally Blind Man in Iowa Can Work in Any Occupation, Denies LTD Benefits
- #MEAction Co-Founder Jennifer Brea Shares Her Story of ME & Remission
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May
- What is a Pre-Existing Condition in Long-Term Disability
- NFL Concussion Settlement Update
- Common Exclusions in Long-Term Disability Insurance Policies
- ERISA Does Not Preempt a Claim for Malicious Prosecution Against UNUM in Florida
- New York Court Finds Claim for Long-Term Disability Benefits Made by an Employee of the Brooklyn Public Library is Governed by E
- Georgia Court Orders United of Omaha to Pay Disability Benefits for Claimant with HIV/AIDS
- Florida Court Finds Reliance Standard Unreasonably Denied Long-Term Disability Benefits for Florida Dentist
- Aetna Wrongly Terminated a Bank of America Customer Service Representative's Disability Benefits Las Vegas, Nevada
- Illinois Court Denies Parties' Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment In ERISA Disability Case, Finding Significant Factual Dispute
- Texas Court Rules in Favor of Disability Claimant, Applies De Novo Review
- Connecticut Nurse with Meniere's Disease LTD Benefits Terminated by Hartford
- Dabdoub Law Firm Secures LTD Benefits for Man with Incurable Arthritis
- Aetna Agrees to Provide LTD Benefits to Executive with Chronic, Disabling Pain
- After Losing ERISA Lawsuit, Liberty Still Denies Client LTD Benefits
- Aetna Denies LTD Benefits to Man Suffering from Chronic Circulatory Disease
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April
- Client Loses 10% of Functional Brain Mass, Yet CIGNA Denies LTD Benefits
- Dentist with Own Occupation Policy Fights for LTD Benefits
- Comorbid Chronic & Progressive Conditions Call for Long Term Disability Benefits
- Liberty Terminates LTD Benefits for Client with Chronic Pain & No Improvement
- UNUM Applied Wrong Definition of Occupation for Interventional Radiologist in New Jersey
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
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March
- Long Term Disability Benefits Approved for Client Who Fell & Suffered Spine Injury
- What is the Elimination Period in a Long-Term Disability Claim?
- Metabolic Disorder Leaves Client Under 70 Pounds, CIGNA Denies LTD Benefits
- CIGNA Denies Short-Term Benefits for Man Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions
- 5 Reasons to Hire a Long-Term Disability Lawyer
- UNUM Approves Disability Benefits for Mental Illness & Drug Addiction Client
- Definition of Occupation in Your Long Term Disability Insurance Policy
- California Court Rules Against Unum for Miscalculating Salesperson's Earnings
- Georgia Court Finds Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company Wrong in Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Florida District Court Finds Reliance Standard Wrong in Denying OB/GYN's Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Alabama Court Grants Discovery into Hartford's Conflict of Interest in Lawsuit for Disability Benefits
- North Carolina Court Finds Liberty's Decision to Terminate Financial Analyst's Long-Term Disability Benefits Wrong and Unreasona
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February
- Top Long-Term Disability Questions Asked and Answered
- Reliance Standard Insurance Loses Case After Wrongfully Denying Disability Benefits
- New York Court Orders Cigna to Reinstate Producers Long-Term Disability Benefits of Producer Dealing with Chronic Pain
- Why Having a Supportive Doctor is Essential to Your Long-Term Disability Appeal
- Cigna denies Florida based RN for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Disability Analyst from New York with chronic pain is denied by Sun Life
- Sun Life denies claim for Florida car dealership manager who suffers from chronic seizures.
- Liberty denies PTSD claim for Mechanical Engineer in San Diego.
- Ways to Improve the Chances of Winning Your Long-Term Disability Case
- What to Expect From the Independent Medical Exam
- Oklahoma District Court Finds Lincoln's Decision to Terminate Disability Benefits for Radiologic Technologist Was Wrong
- Missouri Court Finds Lincoln Financial's Decision to Terminate Benefits for Nurse Practitioner Unreasonable
- California Court Finds United of Omaha Applied Wrong Standard When Denying Widow Her Late Husband's Disability Benefits from Liv
- Ohio District Court Reverses Unum's Denial of LTD Benefits Based on a Pre-Existing Condition of Anisometropia
- A Utah Trial Attorney's LTD was Denied by Unum After Having Post-Op Chronic Chest Pains
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January
- What is “Bad Faith” in a Long-Term Disability Claim?
- How Does SSD Affect Long-Term Disability Claims?
- LTD Benefits from MetLife Reinstated for Entertainment Star Living with Comorbid Conditions
- Aetna Inexplicably Terminates Benefits for Medical Technologist Patient with MS, Dabdoub Law Firm Intervenes
- Financial Systems Analyst Receives Short Term & Long Term Benefits from Sun Life for Chronic Back Pain
- Dabdoub Law Firm Challenges LTD Benefits from CIGNA Denial on Behalf of Nurse in Houston, TX with Fibromyalgia
- Dabdoub Law Firm Secures LTD Benefits from CIGNA for Chronic Back Pain Client
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December
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2018
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December
- What are Your Rights in a Long-Term Disability Appeal?
- The Standard Approved Long-Term Disability Appeal for Client in Naples, Florida
- Outrageous Billing for MS Treatments
- How to Submit a Claim for Short Term and Long Term Disability Benefits to an Insurance Company?
- Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rules New Jersey Doctor was Properly Classified as Interventional Radiologist for Disability
- Michigan Court Rules Orders Reliance Standard to Pay Past Due Disability Benefits, Attorney's Fees, and Costs
- What is a Lump-Sum Settlement for Long-Term Disability Benefits?
- Court Finds Louisiana Woman Suffering From Fibromyalgia Exhausted Her Appeals Before Filing A Lawsuit Against Unum
- Prudential Approves Florida Line/Plant Maintenance Tech's Disability Appeal Based on Chronic Pain
- Should I Accept a Lump-Sum Settlement Offer by My Disability Insurance Company?
- November
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October
- Can Your Insurance Company Spy On You After Filing a Long-term Disability Claim?
- Former USC Footballer Kevin Ellison Dies Suddenly, Brain Injury Suspected as Cause
- Why Evidence in Long-Term Disability Claims are Vital
- Why Was My Long Term Disability Claim Denied?
- Will I Lose My Long Term Disability Benefits If My Job Is Terminated?
- Court in Massachusetts Found Aetna Wrongfully Applied the Pre-existing Condition Exclusion in Denying Long-Term Disability Benef
- Is My Disability Insurance Company Allowed to Offset My Child's Social Security Benefits?
- Do I Have to Sign My Disability Insurance Company's Reimbursement Form?
- Indianapolis Court Finds Reliance Standard Lawfully Terminated Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Washington District Court Finds Against Reliance Standard in Nurse's Disability Lawsuit
- Aetna Loses in Oklahoma Court for Failure to Consider Reliable Evidence
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September
- What Do Disability Insurance Benefits Actually Cover?
- Successful Appeal Reinstates Client's Long-Term Disability Benefits After Wrongful Termination
- Registered Nurse Comes to Dabdoub Law Firm for Disability Claim Help After Decades of Work
- How Do Disability Insurance Benefits Get Calculated?
- How do I get a Copy of my Disability Insurance Policy?
- Do disability lawyers handle cases on a contingency fee basis?
- Washington Court Finds Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Unum Life Insurance Company Wrong in Denying Long-Term Disability
- Delaware Court Says MetLife Wrongly Terminated Disability Benefits for Person with CFS and Fibromyalgia
- Louisiana Court Orders Unum to Produce its IME Doctor's Compensation Records
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August
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Can Be Diagnosed with High Accuracy Due to New Test
- Are Disability Insurance Benefits Taxable?
- Home Depot Terminates Worker 30 Days Before Scheduled Hip Surgery, Employee Alleges
- What Makes ERISA So Important for Employees?
- $217K Judgement for Former NFL Star Darryl Ashmore Secured by Dabdoub Law Firm
- Louisiana Court Ordered Unum to Disclose Attorney-Client Communications in Disability Case
- Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Claim in Texas due to Stomach Cancer
- Hartford Long Term Disability Appeal in California Approved Based on Scleroderma
- How Much Does a Disability Lawyer Charge?
- Can I Apply for Unemployment and Long-Term Disability Benefits?
- Massachusetts Court Finds Emotional Distress not a Valid Claim Under ERISA
- Do I Have To Sign The Insurance Company's Authorization Form for My Disability Claim?
- What is ERISA?
- Fifth Circuit Reverses LINA Life Insurance Denial for Louisiana Beneficiary
- Court Finds Pattern of Bad Behavior by Reliance Standard in Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits.
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July
- Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms Likely to Drive People Out of Jobs, Research Shows
- Dos and Don'ts: Long-Term Disability Insurance
- NFL Retirees Struggle to Receive Disability Benefits, Ashmore Case Reaffirms
- Who Should Have Long-Term Disability Insurance?
- David vs. Goliath: How Disability Insurance Companies Unfairly Contest Long Term Disability Claims, Particularly ME-CFS Claims,
- WSU Quarterback Who Committed Suicide at 21 Had Stage 1 CTE
- 6 Questions: Understanding Long-Term Disability Insurance
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June
- Why Former NFL Players Deserve Benefits for Long-Term Disabilities
- Former NFL Player Wins Disability Case with Dabdoub Law Firm's Representation
- I'm a Former NFL Player: Is My Claim Legitimate?
- Should ERISA Claims Be Handled by Lawyers?
- Long Term Disability Benefits Granted to American Airline Pilots are Inadequate
- Why Disability Insurance Benefits are So Important
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May
- Does Disability Differ from Occupation to Occupation?
- New Studies Link Youth Football to Early Symptoms of CTE
- FDA Approves New Drug Designed to Prevent Migraines
- Cambridge Psychiatrist Claims That Depression Is Caused By Brain Inflammation
- What If I Can Work Still?
- Questions About Disability You May Not Have Thought to Ask
- Short-Term Disability vs. Long-Term Disability
- Oregon Court Found UNUM violated ERISA's full and fair review requirement
- Cigna Approved Appeal for Client from Florida with Myasthenia Gravis
- California Court Rules in Favor of Former NFL Player Seeking Total and Permanent Disability Benefits
- April
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March
- The Hartford Reverses Termination of Benefits on Appeal for Client in Florida
- Prudential Approves Appeal for Failed Back Syndrome and Foot Drop
- Washington Court Finds The Hartford Wrong in Terminating Benefits for Woman with Fibromyalgia
- Court Orders Aetna to Pay Disability Benefits to California Woman with Multiple Sclerosis
- Total vs. Partial Disability
- The Appeal Process
- Prudential Approves Appeal After Terminating Long-term Disability Benefits Based on Surveillance of the Wrong Person
- Reliance Standard Approved Long-Term Disability Appeal For Florida Client With Cognitive Impairments
- Hartford Approves Disability Appeal for Client with Multiple Sclerosis
- What Happens if My Injury is Considered Long-Term?
- February
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January
- New Invisible Disabilities Video Helps Promote Understanding
- What Options Do I have if I am Ill?
- Those Receiving Disability Benefits Struggle with an Inability to Work
- How Insurance Companies Use ERISA
- Fighting for the Rights of Former NFL Players with Disabilities
- What Happens if I'm Denied Long-Term Disability Insurance?
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December
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2017
- December
- November
- October
- August
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June
- Social Media Activity Can Hurt Disability Claims
- Independent Medical Examination Must Be Reasonable
- Denied Long Term Disability Claim Used Wrong Definition of Sedentary Work
- Comorbid Conditions Win Against Liberty Life Assurance Company
- Own Occupation Disability Insurance for Physicians
- Evidence Of Disability, Conflict Of Interest Hurt Aetna
- Can You Get Disability For MS With Liberty Mutual Insurance?
- Aetna Conducted Unreasonable Review of Disability Claim
- Principal Life Insurance Loses Case on Preexisting Condition Argument
- Standard Insurance Reverses Termination on Appeal for Heart Conditions
- Vaginal Mesh Complications Lead To Total Disability
- Sun Life Insurance Approves Disability Appeal for Physical and Mental Impairments
- What documents must I provide the disability insurance company when filing a claim?
- Illinois Court Reverses Liberty Mutual Termination For Benefits Due To Chronic Pain
- Fatigue Syndromes Disability Claim With Liberty Mutual
- Lyme Disease CIGNA Disability Termination Reversed
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May
- Arbitrary Capricious Actions Lead The Hartford To Loss
- Multiple Sclerosis Patient Wins Appeal Against The Hartford
- How Long Do Long Term Disability Benefits Last?
- Lincoln Financial Approves Disability Claim for Hormonal Disorder
- Disability Benefits Termination Reversed By Hartford
- Disabled From Your Job as an Administrative Assistant
- What is ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act?
- The Importance of Disclosing All Your Medical Conditions
- Sedentary Work Defined for ERISA Disability Cases
- Sickle Cell Disease Lincoln National LTD Termination Reversed
- Your Doctors And Disability Insurance Claim
- RN's Chronic Pain Disability Benefits Reinstated by CIGNA
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April
- Equinovarus Disability Approved By MetLife
- Unum Surveillance Video Failed
- Doctors Communicating With Insurance Companies
- MetLife Long Term Disability Approved For Stroke
- Long Term Disability Benefits Wrongfully Terminated
- CIGNA Reinstates Long-term Disability Benefits to Auto Claims Representative
- Why Do Disability Insurance Companies Conduct Surveillance?
- MetLife Approves Disability Insurance Benefits For Victim of a Hit And Run
- New Reasons for Denying Disability Benefits Not Permitted
- MetLife Reverses Termination of Benefits For Car Accident Victim
- Schizophrenia Disability Exclusion - What Does It Include?
- Activities Of Daily Living And Disability Insurance Benefits
- Duties Of A Registered Nurse Should Be Considered
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March
- Cigna Short Term Disability Benefits Reinstated
- Multiple Sclerosis Appeal Approved By CIGNA
- Unreasonable Appeal Deadline Cost CIGNA
- Waiver of Premium Benefits Unfairly Denied
- Medical Records - Consideration Or Explanation
- Proof Of Disability Is All You Need
- Are Private Disability Insurance Benefits The Same As Social Security Benefits?
- Long Term Disability Benefits Terminated? What Happens Now?
- Spinal Cord Ischemia Benefits Reinstated By Prudential
- What Are Adverse Benefits Determination Letters?
- ERISA Compliance Requires Full And Fair Review
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February
- Mental Health Disability Benefits Claim With Prudential
- Cognitive Impairment Disability Claim with Prudential
- ERISA Regulations for Claims and Appeals Recently Updated
- Prudential Reinstates Benefits For Accountant Suffering Mental Illness
- UNUM Approves Pharmacist's Long-Term Disability Appeal
- Working While Disabled Does Not Disprove Your Disability
- Disability Appeal Denial Must Be Timely
- Edward Dabdoub Disability Insurance Lawyer And Businessman
- Hepatitis C Disability Benefits Approved By LINA On Appeal
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- Nationwide Representation from Experienced LTD Lawyers
- Florida Disability Insurance Attorneys
- Medical Conditions We Cover
- Chronic Pain Disability Insurance Claims
- Cognitive Impairment Disability Insurance Claims
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Long Term Disability Claim
- 3 Things To Do If You Have a Long Term Disability Claim
- Top Reasons Insurance Companies Deny Disability Claims
- Chronic Back Pain Long Term Disability Claims
- 5 Mistakes Made When Filing a Disability Claim
- Independent Medical Examination
- Using Evidence to Correct Delays and Denials
- Understanding Peer Reviews with Your Insurance Company
- 4 Ways You Can Improve Your Chances of Getting Your Long Term Disability Benefits Approved
- What Do I Do After a Traumatic Brain Injury?
- How to Win ME/CFS Diagnosis Cases
- What is FCE?
- Insurance Company Interview
- Monthly Disability Claims Forms
- 4 Reasons Why Your Insurance Would Interview You
- Will I Automatically Get LTD Benefits If I Have STD Benefits?
- How Do I Handle My Parkinson's Disability Claims?
- How Long Can An Insurer Take To Decide My Claim or Appeal?
- Fibromyalgia Disability Benefits
- If My Claim Is Approved, Do I Stay on Disability Forever?
- Waiver of Life Insurance Premium Claims
- Disability Claims Based on Stroke
- How Does a Severance Package Affect My Disability Claim
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Disability Insurance Policy Details
- What is the Definition Change?
- Mental Health Limitations
- Long Term Disability
- How To Obtain a Copy of Your Disability Insurance Policy
- Will My Disability Benefits Be Terminated if I Lose My Job?
- What is Change of Definition?
- Do I Need Surgery to Receive LTD?
- Mental Health Impairments & Disability Benefits
- Mass Mutual Disability Insurance Policies
- Comorbid Disabilities
- Disability Claims Based on a Diagnosis of Cancer
- Lyme Disease & Submitting a Claim for It
- Examination During Coronavirus
- Doctor's Role in Disability Claims
- Employer's Role in Disability Claims
- Pre-Existing Conditions
- How Long Does Short Term Disability Last?
- What Does Disability Insurance Cover?
- Social Security Disability
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Insurance Company Strategies
- Northwestern Mutual
- New York Life
- Mutual of Omaha
- Sun Life
- MetLife
- Prudential
- Lincoln Financial
- Aetna
- Hartford
- Guardian
- Cigna / LINA
- How Disability Insurance Companies Use Surveillance to Terminate Benefits
- Should You Accept a Lump Sum?
- Long Term Disability Denials from Insurance Company Doctor
- Pre-Existing Exclusion Denials
- Cautionary Word about Social Media
- ERISA
- Appeals
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Employment & Long Term Disability
- Need Help With Employer Terminating Employment?
- Working While Applying for Long Term Disability Benefits
- Are Your Benefits Not Being Paid?
- Can I Apply for Disability Benefits If I Was Terminated?
- Applying for Disability Insurance for Your Own Occupation
- Are My Disability Benefits Taxable?
- Can I Apply for Unemployment and Long Term Disability Benefits?
- Chronic Pain Disability Insurance Claims
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News & Updates
- Life Insurance – Failure to Disclose Medical History
- Life Insurance – Who Is the Correct Beneficiary?
- 5 Things You Need to Know About ME/CFS
- 5 Common Causes of Chronic Back Pain
- Own Occupation Disability Insurance
- $217K Judgement for Former NFL Star Darryl Ashmore
- Sun Life Terminating Disability Benefits and Offering Lump Sum Settlement
- CIGNA Terminating Disability Benefits and Offering Lump Sum Settlement
- How to Deal with UNUM Denials
- UNUM’s Self-Reported Limitation Provision
- Extended Deadlines & Issued Guidelines Due to the Coronavirus
- COVID-19 Claims & COVID Long Haulers
- COVID Long Haulers
- Paper Based Reviews During Coronavirus
- Reliance Standard Insurance Loses Case After Wrongfully Denying Disability Benefits
- Miller v. PNC Financial Services, Inc. Affiliates Long Term Disability Plan
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