Denied Met Life Disability Claims and Cherry Picking Medical Records

Do you believe that you have been denied on the basis of a selective medical review? It isn't uncommon for the MetLife administrator to "cherry pick" medical evidence to support their claim's denial to avoid addressing all of the components of important evidence and end your case. If that's happened to you take heart. In Kinser v. Plans Abnin. Committee of Citigroup, Inc., 488f.supp.2d1369 (1383) (N.D.GA. 2007), MetLife's decision to deny benefits under self funded plan. This held by the court to be arbitrary and capricious when it relied on a selective review...

27 October

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Your MetLife Long Term Disability Claim and Social Security Benefits

Posted by Nancy Cavey

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MetLife has written an interesting article that has some basic overviews of Social Security questions and answers. While the information is helpful, you need to understand that MetLife requires you to apply for Social Security Disability benefits as part of your Long Term Disability claim. While they try to explain the benefits as to why you should apply for Social Security Disability benefits, they really don’t make is clear that your Long Term Disability benefits will be reduced by MetLife once you’ve received Social Security Disability benefits. They also recommend that you call MetLife to discuss hiring an attorney to represent you...