Disability Claimant Failed To Provide Objective Medical Evidence To Support Claim

Mealey's (October 13, 2017, 9:37 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A disability plan administrator did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in denying a plan participant’s claims for short-term disability benefits because the participant failed to provide objective medical evidence supporting the disability, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Oct. 10 (Rebecca Filthaut v. AT&T Midwest Disability Benefit Plan et al., No. 16-2707, 6th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 19882)....