It is common for a disability insurance company to deny long term disability benefits when a person is transitioning from short to long term disability benefits. Many people are led to believe that if they were approved for STD then their LTD will automatically be approved. This is unfortunately not true as the long term disability claims examiner assigned to your LTD claim usually has nothing to do with your STD claim. In this video, disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell and Stephen Jessup provide several tips to help get your long term disability claim approved.


00:00 – What you should expect when switching from short term to long term disability. Contact any of our attorneys to discuss your disability benefit claim.

01:45 – The long term disability review is much more detailed as disability companies expect you to be back to work by the time you are eligible for long term disability benefits.

02:16 – How do you put yourself in the best position to get approved for long term disability benefits?

04:36 – Should a person approved for short term disability assume that their long term disability benefits will be approved?

10:13 – Can you file for long term disability benefits if you are fired from your job while collecting short term disability benefits?

11:22 – Contact any of our disability attorneys for a free immediate phone consultation. We represent claimants nationwide and we appreciate the opportunity to help protect your benefits.


For an immediate free consultation with one of our nationwide disability insurance lawyers please call 8882928481 or email https://www.diattorney.com/contact/?r.... We do not charge any fees or costs unless we are able to recover benefits. No office visit is necessary.