In a claim for long term disability benefits, the importance of your medical records simply can’t be overstated. No matter how a disability impacts your daily life, your claim is only as good as it appears on paper – which means that weak medical evidence is one of the most…
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A Functional Capacity Exam Can Help Win Disability Benefits
Nationwide disability insurance attorneys Stephen Jessup and Gregory Dell explain what an FCE is and how it can help you to win disability benefits. The FCE can be a very valuable tool in objectifying your subjective complaints of pain and discomfort.
Can Disability Benefits be Approved if you Work with a Disabling Condition?
Gregory Dell discusses the disability claim challenges that disability insurance claimants face as they continue to work while trying to manage their medical condition. Attorney Dell provides tips to put yourself in the best position to get your short or long term disability claim approved. Can you be approved for…
File for Disability Benefits Timely if You Have a Pre Existing Condition
One of the top reasons for a disability insurance denial is due to a preexisting condition. Long term disability attorneys Gregory Dell and Stephen Jessup explain what a pre-existing condition is in a disability insurance claim and provide some tips on how to prevent a pre-existing condition disability benefits denial.
Your Retirement Benefits Can Offset Your Disability Insurance Benefits
Be very careful about taking any of your employer provided retirement benefits while seeking disability insurance benefits. It is possible that your retirement benefits could offset your entire monthly disability benefit. Watch this video to understand the potential offsets if you take retirement benefits.
How Do You Fight the Disability Insurance Denial?
Long term disability lawyers Stephen Jessup and Gregory Dell provide helpful tips for any individual that has been denied long term disability benefits. Dell Disability Lawyers have helped thousands of long term disability insurance claimants to win their long term disability insurance appeals. Learn what are the first steps we…
Never Sign a Severance Agreement That Waives Your Disability Benefits
Long term disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia explain and discuss how the signing of a severance agreement could waive your right to any disability insurance benefits.
Always Disclose Your Disability Policy if You File for Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is something that claimants consider as a result of being unable to work and disability insurance claim denial. When filing for bankruptcy you are required to identify all sources of income, and disability insurance benefits have been considered a source of income even if you are not being paid.…
You Should Provide Medical Records to The Disability Insurance Company Often
Strong medical support is the key to preventing a long term disability benefit denial. Providing medical records to your disability insurance company on a regular basis keeps them aware that you continue to be under a doctor’s treatment and are unable to return to work. We discuss some strategies for…
How Do Disability Insurance Companies Evaluate Your Occupation?
Long term disability lawyers Gregory Dell and Alex Palamara discuss how long term disability insurance companies will interpret the definition of “Your occupation”. We explain how disability insurance companies will minimize the duties of your occupation to the point where if you can sit in a chair, then they think…