Disability Claim Remanded To Determine If Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion Applied

(January 12, 2022, 3:11 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge on Dec. 29 upheld a disability insurer’s determination that a disability claimant is not entitled to long-term disability benefits for migraine headaches but remanded the disability insurer’s determination that the plan’s pre-existing condition exclusion barred benefits for other medical ailments because there is a discrepancy as to when the claimant was hired and whether the pre-existing condition exclusion applied....