Mealey's ( August 23, 2022, 7:57 AM EDT) -- EUGENE, Ore. — A disability plan’s refusal to pay a claimant 66.6% of his salary in long-term disability (LTD) benefits was not an abuse of discretion because the plan reasonably determined that the claimant’s disability onset date occurred before the effective date of the claimant’s “buy up” election to receive 66.6%, rather than 50%, of his salary in LTD benefits, an Oregon federal judge said Aug. 19 in granting the plan’s motion for summary judgment....