(August 24, 2020, 8:43 AM EDT) -- HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Remand to a long-term disability (LTD) plan administrator for consideration of a Social Security Administration (SSA) award of disability benefits is not warranted because the SSA decision and award was not issued until 17 month after the disability insurer denied the LTD claim, an Alabama federal magistrate judge said July 9 (Terry Nunnelly v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 19-1383, N.D. Ala., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147269)....