Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in Arkansas
Fields Law Firm successfully recovers millions of dollars each year for our disabled clients throughout the United States. Our Long Term Disability experience is matched by very few other law firms in the country and has earned us a national reputation.
Here are just a few examples of our Long Term Disability appeal and lawsuit case wins in Arkansas.
Ruby – Operational Finance Assistant – Turrell, Arkansas
Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain
A Operational Finance Assistant from Arkansas experienced chronic pain and suffered from depression and anxiety, which prevented her from performing her job. Her Short Term Disability insurer denied her claim stating that the medical evidence did not support that she was disabled throughout the elimination period.
Clearly unable to work and unsure of what to do, she reached out to Fields Law. The Fields Law attorneys began with reviewing the entire file from Metlife and creating a plan for the appeal. After completing the review, we updated medical records and obtained a narrative report from her primary doctor. With the updated records and reports, our team drafted an appeal which outlined how her condition prevented her from working and had been present throughout the entire elimination period. Upon review, Metlife reversed its decision and reinstated the client’s monthly benefits. Our client was relieved to hear that she would be getting her benefits back.
Linda – Technical Writer – Fort Smith, Arkansas
Complex Multifactorial and Disabling Chronic Pain Syndrome with Axial Neck and Lumbar Pain, Multiple Spine Surgeries, Chronic Lumbar and Cervical Radiculopathy, Arthritis Related Joint Pain in all Four Extremities, Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease, Spondylosis, Radiculopathy, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
A technical writer for a business office developed multilevel degenerative disc disease and radiculopathy over the course of her career. She was covered under a Long Term Disability policy, and applied for benefits after her date of disability. She was initially approved, and was on claim until her policy’s definition of disability changed from Own Occupation to Any Occupation.
She needed help appealing The Hartford’s denial decision and hired Fields Law. The Fields Law team ordered updated medical records, requested her Social Security Disability claim file, and secured a letter of support from her primary treating physician. The Fields Law lawyers also crafted pointed arguments within the appeal, addressing all of the claims The Hartford made in their denial letter. We submitted the appeal and, after several months of consideration, The Hartford approved the appeal, overturning their prior denial decision and reinstating our client’s Long Term Disability benefits.
