July 2015 Archives

A claimant has succeeded in getting a Federal Court to overturn a decision by Aetna to terminate benefits to a claimant who suffered from cancer and later from significant orthopedic conditions of the...

We were intrigued to read an opinion piece calling for the return of the vocational rehabilitation specialist (VRS) to long term disability claims management. The article outlined the role that VRS’...

We can only hope that no one takes this analysis/opinion in the Washington Times seriously. It’s from a senior analyst at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis. The Heritage Foundatio...

At Frankel & Newfield, every day we speak with people who are concerned about their Short Term and Long Term Disability (LTD) insurance claims. Many of our free consultations take place by telephone, ...

1 – Insufficient objective evidence of disability. This is perhaps the single biggest term we see when claims are denied. It’s a vast category that can be used for practically every single disa...

Private investigators who work for disability insurance companies love summertime, especially summer holiday weekends. They are accustomed to missing family events because they are busy recording your...