Disability Claimant Not Capable Of Working In Any Occupation, Panel Says

Mealey's ( June 3, 2022, 4:41 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A disability insurer’s termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits was not reasonable because the disability claimant was not cognitively capable of performing the duties of any occupation based on the claimant’s pain and the side effects of her pain medication, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said June 1 in reversing a district court’s judgment in favor of the insurer....