Do you need to go on medical leave from work?  Let a short term disability attorney help you deal with your employer, doctors, and insurance company.  You've got enough to deal with right now.

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Short term disability insurance is usually an employer-provided benefit.  Short term disability benefits may replace 50% to 100% of your income for 3 to 6 months. 

 

Short term disability benefits may be available to you if you can no longer perform your job.  Similar benefits like payroll practice plans or salary continuation plans may be available to you instead.  Many short term disability insurance plans are part of the same plan as your long term disability coverage.  That makes it even more important to engage a short term disability attorney to do things the right way.

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Let us take a look at your short term disability policy to help you determine what benefits are available to you.  A short term disability attorney will help you navigate the many hurdles insurance companies put in front of you.

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• We will help you decipher the definition of disability.  Typically, you must demonstrate disability from your occupation. 

• We will help you determine eligibility.  Typically, you must be an "active employee" for 3-6 months.

• We will help you determine if there are any exclusions to your short term disability policy.  Typical exclusions include self-inflicted injuries and pre-existing conditions. 

 

Once you engage us, we can help you file your short term disability claim.  We can help you provide the "notice of claim" required under your short term disability policy.  Notice of claim is just that, a notice to your insurer that a claim from you is on its way.  Then we'll be off to the races.  We will:

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• Gather your medical records that demonstrate disability

• Schedule testing appropriate for your conditions to demonstrate disability

• Help you, your employer, and your doctors answer questions about your job and your medical condition.

• Do everything we can to make sure your short term disability claim is approved.

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