attorney Archives - McDonald and McDonald https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com Let our family fight for your family Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:44:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-favicon-32x32.png attorney Archives - McDonald and McDonald https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com 32 32 Long Term Disability & The Comorbidities Of EDS, POTS & MCAS https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/long-term-disability-the-comorbidities-of-eds-pots-mcas/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:44:48 +0000 https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/?p=7831 Over the years we have represented many clients in Long Term Disability Insurance claims for POTS (Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome)  or EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)or MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome). Then we started to notice a rise in cases where 2 or all 3 syndromes had been diagnosed. In 2016 Researchers found a genetic mutation that links Ehlers-Danlos …

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]]> HIRING AN EXPERIENCED LONG-TERM DISABILITY/ ERISA LAWYER https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/hiring-an-experienced-long-term-disability-erisa-lawyer/ https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/hiring-an-experienced-long-term-disability-erisa-lawyer/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:22:47 +0000 http://www.McDonaldAndMcDonald.com/?p=2376 ERISA is a unique statute that applies to employee benefit disputes.   Under the ERISA statute, if your employer-sponsored disability plan denies your disability claim, the case will be litigated in Federal Court under a unique set of rules that often favor insurance companies and Long Term Disability Plan administrators. So you need to make sure …

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]]> https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/hiring-an-experienced-long-term-disability-erisa-lawyer/feed/ 2 Long-Term Disability Denials of POTS Syndrome Claims https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/long-term-disability-denials-of-pots-syndrome-claims/ https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/long-term-disability-denials-of-pots-syndrome-claims/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:13:48 +0000 http://www.McDonaldAndMcDonald.com/?p=2284 Over the past few years we have represented many clients who have had Long Term Disability Insurance Denials of their POTS Syndrome claims. POTS or “Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome” is an unusual condition that causes the Autonomic Nervous System to malfunction. POTS symptoms can include tachycardia, heart palpitations, chest pain, fainting, nausea, rapid gastric emptying, …

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]]> https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/long-term-disability-denials-of-pots-syndrome-claims/feed/ 0 Don’t Accept the Social Security Representative Recommended to You By Your Long Term Disability Insurer https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/dont-accept-the-social-security-representative-recommended-to-you-by-your-long-term-disability-insurer/ https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/dont-accept-the-social-security-representative-recommended-to-you-by-your-long-term-disability-insurer/#respond Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:22:22 +0000 http://www.McDonaldAndMcDonald.com/blog/?p=100 You are not obligated to accept the preferred Social Security representative recommended to you by your Long Term Disability carrier. When you apply for long-term disability benefits, many plans will require that you also apply for and pursue Social Security disability benefits. The logic behind this request is simple. They will take an offset for any …

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]]> https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/dont-accept-the-social-security-representative-recommended-to-you-by-your-long-term-disability-insurer/feed/ 0 Surveillance and the Functional Capacity Evaluation https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/surveillance-and-the-functional-capacity-evaluation/ https://mcdonaldandmcdonald.com/surveillance-and-the-functional-capacity-evaluation/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:23:24 +0000 http://www.McDonaldAndMcDonald.com/blog/?p=54 This has been on my mind for some time and I have been trying to let my clients and perspective clients know about this so they can respond appropriately. Many insurance companies use vendors to conduct video surveillance while the disability claimant is at their home. There is simply no way to tell which files …

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