Anyone who is dealing with a medical or mental health condition that prevents you from working full-time knows how stressful this process can be—made more so by worrying that Unum will deny your claim for long term disability benefits. At Dell Disability Lawyers, our legal team has handled thousands of Unum claims and knows exactly what they’re looking for when they review a request for benefits. Below, we’ll discuss how Unum reviews long term disability claims and what claimants can do to reduce the risk of having their benefits denied.Continue Reading How to Prevent a Unum Long Term Disability Benefit Denial
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Truck Driver Wins Unum Long Term Disability Insurance Appeal
Most people don’t realize the demands of being a commercial truck driver. It’s crazy when a disability insurance company tells a truck driver that it’s safe for him or her to get back on the road and risk the lives of others.Continue Reading Truck Driver Wins Unum Long Term Disability Insurance Appeal
Anesthesiologist Approved for Long Term Disability Benefits Plus an Extra 9 Months of Benefits
Getting approved for long term disability benefits can be challenging, but the challenge is even greater when you have three different disability policies. Every disability policy has it’s own language and every disability company requires different claim forms.Continue Reading Anesthesiologist Approved for Long Term Disability Benefits Plus an Extra 9 Months of Benefits
Heart Surgery Doesn’t Stop MetLife from Wrongfully Denying Disability Benefits
This case was a terrible Metlife long term disability denial. Long term disability attorneys Gregory Dell and Alex Palamara discuss the reasons MetLife denied disability insurance benefits and the strategies we took to get our client’s disability benefits approved.
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A Sexton at Princeton University Denied Prudential Disability Insurance Benefits After Neck Surgery
This was a great Prudential disability insurance appeal victory against Prudential. Prudential initially approved disability insurance benefits to our client for a limited period of time after our client had neck surgery. It is classic for us to see a Prudential disability denial in which they say that a claimant can return to work after a 12 week recovery period post surgery. Continue Reading A Sexton at Princeton University Denied Prudential Disability Insurance Benefits After Neck Surgery
The Standard, Ameritas and Sun Life Agree to Pay Residual Disability Insurance Benefits to Surgeon
Applying for long term disability insurance benefits is a process that must have a strategic plan. When you have disability policies with multiple disability companies it can be even more challenging.Continue Reading The Standard, Ameritas and Sun Life Agree to Pay Residual Disability Insurance Benefits to Surgeon
Disability Benefit Denial Reason #4 – Your Doctor Is Misled By the Disability Company
At Dell Disability Lawyers, we see disability insurance carriers deny claims for a few main reasons – they may cite anything from video surveillance to the change of disability definition.Continue Reading Disability Benefit Denial Reason #4 – Your Doctor Is Misled By the Disability Company
Elementary Teacher Wins MetLife Disability Benefit Appeal
MetLife tells an Elementary Teacher that he is capable to return to work within months after back surgery. It happens all the time, because MetLife has their own return to work guidelines following surgical procedures.Continue Reading Elementary Teacher Wins MetLife Disability Benefit Appeal
Network Engineer with Neck Disorder Wins a Standard Long Term Disability Benefit Appeal
We discuss a successful long term disability appeal victory on behalf of a University of Utah network engineer. This long term disability denial by The Standard was horrible and should never have happened as our client underwent 3 neck surgeries and a shoulder surgery.Continue Reading Network Engineer with Neck Disorder Wins a Standard Long Term Disability Benefit Appeal
What Can You do If There is a Delay in Receiving Your Disability Payments?
A delay in benefits is a very serious problem in the world of disability insurance benefits. Often the insurance companies delay payments, because they can. The disability insurance attorneys at Dell & Schaefer cut through the clutter and get to what the insurance companies are doing to delay your claim.
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