Panel Denies Request To Supplement Record In Disability Benefits Suit

SAN FRANCISCO - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 12 denied a disability claimant's motion to supplement the record on appeal with documents from her Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claim because the Social Security Administration's (SSA) award of benefits was based on a different definition of disability than the "any occupation" definition relied on by the plan (Alice McBurnie v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 17-55915, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 7254).
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