Mental Health Diagnoses Do Not Prevent Claimant From Working In Own Occupation

Mealey's ( August 22, 2022, 3:33 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota federal judge on Aug. 19 granted a disability insurer’s motion for summary judgment and denied a disability claimant’s motion for summary judgment after determining that the insurer’s denial of long-term disability (LTD) benefits was not arbitrary and capricious because a reasonable person could have concluded that the claimant’s mental health diagnoses do not prevent the claimant from performing the duties of her own occupation....