Denial Of Disability Benefits Claim Was Not Abuse Of Discretion, Judge Determines

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The denial of a claim for long-term disability (LTD) benefits was not an abuse of discretion because the plan's independent medical experts and the claimant's treating physicians all determined that the claimant was capable of performing work that would pay at least half of the claimant's pre-disability earnings, an Arkansas federal judge said Feb. 20 (Spencer L. Davis v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan No. 3, No. 18-341, E.D. Ark., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26655).
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