Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in Kansas

An installation coordinator for a sign and graphics company in Kansas had chronic pain in her hip. She was forced to stop working because her condition required shifting positions every few minutes and her employer could not accommodate her. She applied for Short Term Disability benefits through her employer’s insurance plan but was denied. While she was considering her options for Short Term Benefits, enough time passed that her claim converted to a Long Term Disability claim.

With two separate but overlapping claims pending, she called Fields Law to help determine the best course of action. The Fields Law attorneys reviewed the denial documents from CIGNA and our support team gathered updated medical records from all our client’s physicians. Our attorneys found that the insurance company disregarded important findings from our client’s doctors and drafted a strong appeal to CIGNA. The appeal was successful and our client received a lump-sum payment for back pay and ongoing monthly benefits. Our client was pleased with the representation Fields Law provided and was happy to have her monthly income restored.

An Administrative Coordinator worked for many years before being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She fought the disease for several more years, before she began noticing other symptoms which included short term memory loss and cognitive dysfunction. Being forced out of work due to the symptoms of her MS, she applied for Long Term Disability benefits. Unfortunately, she was denied by Unum. She hired Fields Law to appeal the insurer’s denial of her benefit application.

The Fields Law team began gathering information to support her case, including updated medical records, a narrative report from her treating neurologist, letters of support from her primary care physician, and a vocational evaluation by a third-party expert. Confronted by a significant amount of supportive documentation, Unum quickly overturned their denial of our client’s benefits. Our client soon received a check in the mail for the backpay she was owed, and her ongoing benefits were subsequently reinstated.

A Financial Planner from Kansas became incapable of working due to a heart attack. He had a Long Term Disability policy through a professional association, so he applied for benefits through The Standard. His Long Term Disability benefits were originally denied based on the opinion of a doctor who had never met our client, and the mistaken assertion that his job was sedentary in nature.

The attorneys at Fields Law Firm thoroughly analyzed the basis for The Standard’s denial. We built medical support with updated medical records and statements of support from our client’s doctor. We also recognized that our client needed a truly independent vocational assessment of his job and how his medical conditions impacted his job duties. We had a vocational report commissioned that showed the impossibility of our client fulfilling his work duties with his medically supported restrictions and limitations. The overwhelming evidence Fields Law Firm put together in our client’s appeal could not be refuted by The Standard, and they had to begin paying Long Term Disability benefits.