Disability Claimant Owed LTD Benefits Under Own-Occupation Standard, Judge Says

( April 3, 2024, 8:44 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A disability claimant is entitled to long-term disability (LTD) benefits for the first 24 months of his disability because the evidence supports a finding that the claimant is disabled from the duties of his own occupation, a New York federal judge said in granting the claimant’s motion for judgment on the administrative record....