Denial Of STD, LTD Benefits Was Reasonable, Federal Judge Determines

Mealey's (May 13, 2021, 11:53 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A disability claims administrator did not abuse its discretion in denying claims for short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) benefits because the claims administrator’s finding that the claimant was not disabled from performing the duties of her own occupation was reasonable and because the administrator correctly determined that the claimant did not satisfy the LTD plan’s elimination period by failing to exhaust all available STD benefits, a Missouri federal judge said May 10....