Disability Claimant Says Any-Occupation Benefits Are Owed By Disability Insurer

(June 7, 2024, 11:07 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A disability insurer abused its discretion in determining that a disability claimant is not disabled from performing the duties of any occupation based on symptoms related to the claimant’s diagnoses of fibromyalgia and ankylosing spondylosis because the medical evidence submitted by the claimant supports a finding that the claimant is disabled from performing the duties of any occupation, the claimant maintains in a June 6 complaint filed in California federal court....