Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients Against The Standard
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 case wins against The Standard.
Mary – Computer Support Specialist – St. Louis, Missouri
Crohn’s Disease
A Computer Support Specialist from Missouri had been suffering from severe disabling abdominal pain and joint pain secondary to her chronic Crohn’s conditions. Because of the chronic pain these conditions caused, she was forced to leave work on doctor’s recommendations. She applied for Long Term Disability benefits, which were denied at application. The Standard had obtained a questionnaire completed by her shoulder surgeon who was unfamiliar with her Crohn’s conditions. The surgeon stated that she had fully recovered from her shoulder surgery and was therefore capable of returning to her sedentary computer support specialist job.
Knowing she needed help to maintain her income, she contacted the attorneys at Fields Law. The team at Fields Law requested The Standard’s claim file and thoroughly reviewed the internal notes for flaws in their analysis, requested letters of support from our client’s doctors and put together an appeal of The Standard’s denial decision. Further, Fields Law attorneys coordinated with our client’s providers and obtained updated medical records. When the appeal was submitted, the updated records obtained more than doubled The Standard’s original claim file. With the updated medical records submitted in support of our client’s appeal, they were forced to eventually approve the Fields Law appeal and continue to pay our client’s disability benefits.
Linda – Middle School Worker – Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Major Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Urticarla
Major Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Urticarla
The Fields Law team helped a former middle school worker who was forced to stop working due to major depression, anxiety, panic disorder with agoraphobia, and urticaria. Her disability insurer denied her Long Term Disability benefits. The Standard claimed that she was able to perform the material duties of her job and based its denial on a doctor’s review of our client’s medical records that was entirely inaccurate. This doctor had never even seen her as a patient and he conducted a selective review of her medical records.
The appeal we drafted for our client revealed the inadequacy of this doctor’s review and showed that the doctor ignored substantial medical evidence that was contrary to his conclusions. We used medical records to show the severity and persistence of our client’s symptoms. Fields Law Firm helped the worker fight every step of the way to reverse The Standard’s denial of benefits and ensured that she continued to get the benefits she deserves.
Judith – Financial Analysis Manager – Hastings, Minnesota
Depression
Depression rendered a 56-year old woman incapable of performing her job as a Financial Analysis Manager. Her job required a high degree of critical thinking and organizational skills. Her treating psychologist told the insurance provider that she was not capable of performing her job duties, but The Standard ignored the doctor and refused to pay her Short Term Disability benefits.
Unsure of what to do, she turned to Fields Law Firm for help. Our team assembled an appeal in which we argued that our client’s treating doctors’ opinions were more credible than the doctor that The Standard hired who stated that our client was not disabled. In the end, The Standard was forced to overturn their previous denial of benefits and our client received payments dating back several months.
