A Financial Advisor Diagnosed With Multiple Cervical Herniations Is Approved For Long-Term Disability Benefits By Unum
Our client was a successful, experienced financial advisor who operated her own practice. In December of 2008, while stopped at a red light, her car was hit from behind by a cement mixer. As a result of the accident she sustained multiple herniated disks in her neck, and pain that radiated into her shoulders and down her arms. Despite her efforts to continue working following the auto accident, she was unable to do so. No longer able to advise her clients as to important financial decisions affecting their futures, she was left with little choice but to apply for long term disability benefits under her individual disability policy purchased from Unum. In April of 2009 she contacted Dell and Schaefer to assist with her application for long-term disability benefits. Despite our client contacting us in April of 2009 and her continued attempts to work, we were able to prove that her date of disability should be the same as the date of her accident.
