Cognitive Impairments Prevented Disability Claimant’s Ability To Work, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 24, 2021, 11:44 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A disability claimant is entitled to long-term disability benefits because the claimant met his burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that he was unable to work in his own occupation as a result of anxiety, depression, insomnia and other cognitive impairments, a Washington federal judge said March 22 in granting the claimant’s motion for judgment on the administrative record....