Chronic fatigue: Disability Application Cases Archive

Disability insurance companies are constantly denying disability applications arguing that a claimant does not have sufficient objective medical evidence to be disabled by the chronic fatigue syndrome. The problem is that the cause of CFS is unknown and there are no objective tests that can 100% confirm a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome. Manipulative doctors hired by disability insurance companies are aware that a claimant can almost never objectively prove that he has chronic fatigue syndrome. Also, many long-term disability insurance companies sell policies that limit disability benefits to 24 months if you are disabled by chronic fatigue syndrome.

Court Orders Unum Life to pay Plaintiff Disability Benefits

The case of Chris Bunger v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, is an example of how hard an insurer will fight in order to avoid paying a claim for short term and long term disability benefits. This was the second district court opinion on this case out of Seattle, but it will not be the last one.
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Chronic Fatigue Treatment Recommendations Removed by CDC

The Center for Disease Control has recently and quietly removed controversial treatment information from its website pertaining to the treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Specifically, the long standing recommendation that became a de facto standard of care by doctors throughout the country: increased exercise and psychotherapy in the form of cognitive behavioral therapy. As medical research has shown there was no clinical evidence to support these treatments as an effective way to combat CFS, and the CDC appears to finally acknowledge this.
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MetLife Cannot Require Objective Proof of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

In Bosley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), Robert Bosley, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente, had his claim for long-term disability benefits granted in 2009 based on the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome. Subsequently, he returned to work in a position that caused him less stress. That lasted until 2011 when MetLife again granted him long-term disability benefits based on his “laundry list of health problems.”
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Standard Insurance Company Sued by Paralegal For Denying Disability Benefits

In Arlene J Vs. Standard Insurance Company, The Plaintiff has filed this lawsuit against Standard Insurance Company (Standard) in the United States District Pennsylvania for the wrongful denial of short term and long term disability benefits as provided under the disability insurance policy provided by Plaintiff’s employer, Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer.
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Standard Insurance Company Sued by Paralegal For Denying Disability Benefits

In Arlene J Vs. Standard Insurance Company, The Plaintiff has filed this lawsuit against Standard Insurance Company (Standard) in the United States District Pennsylvania for the wrongful denial of short term and long term disability benefits as provided under the disability insurance policy provided by Plaintiff’s employer, Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer.
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