Is Pain or Disability Making You Consider Retiring from Medical Practice? Here’s Why to Seek Legal Consultation First
After decades of demanding work, many physicians and medical professionals eventually confront an uncomfortable reality: chronic pain, illness, or exhaustion is interfering with their ability to practice. Whether you’re an orthopedic surgeon with degenerative disc disease, a dermatologist managing long COVID, or a primary care physician grappling with burnout, you may be considering scaling back …
How to Choose Individual Disability Insurance: A Guide for High-Net-Worth Individuals
Obtaining and maintaining comprehensive long-term disability coverage is critically important for high-income earners. This detailed guide can help you make a wise decision and protect your financial future.
Doctors, Lawyers, Professionals: Do You Need Specialty-Specific Disability Insurance?
If you’re a physician, lawyer, dentist, or other high-income professional working in a complex field, you shouldn’t go without robust long-term disability insurance coverage. You’ve dedicated countfewer hours to mastering your craft and worked hard to build a certain standard of life for yourself and your family. Without a comprehensive disability insurance policy, however, a …
How to Apply for Long-Term Disability Insurance: A Professional’s Guide
At Bryant Legal Group, we get a lot of phone calls from people who need to file a long-term disability (LTD) insurance claim and don’t know where to begin. These people come from all walks of life, from blue collar workers to high-income professionals like doctors, lawyers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs. Many of these professionals are …
Can I Get Long-Term Disability Benefits for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a relatively common condition that can cause debilitating fatigue. It can last for months or even years. CFS not only prevents many sufferers from maintaining full-time employment, but also significantly impacts the quality of their day-to-day lives. If you currently have a CFS diagnosis and you cannot work, you may …
Disability Insurance for High Income Earners: Dealing With Unfair Claim Denials
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 1 out of every 4 American adults live with some form of functional disability. And despite many of the stereotypes that exist about people with disabilities, the truth is that this group of 61 million Americans cuts across all geographic, demographic, and cultural lines. Anyone can …
Does Cancer Qualify for Long-Term Disability? A Claimant’s Guide
Getting a cancer diagnosis is an incredibly stressful, difficult, and devastating experience. While doctors are learning more about cancer and mortality for most forms of cancer is dropping, you may have a hard time understanding your outlook and options while you fight the disease. On top of that, the process of getting long-term disability benefits …
Can I Get Disability for Essential Tremors? A Claimant’s Guide
If you are a doctor, dentist, or another professional that relies on their hands, essential tremors can make it impossible to work. However, insurance companies are quick to dismiss long-term disability (LTD) claims for essential tremor, minimizing the condition’s symptoms and impact. Living with essential tremors can be isolating physically, socially, and professionally—but you are …
Is Narcolepsy a Disability? A Claimant’s Guide
If you or a loved one struggles with severe narcolepsy, you know how difficult it can be to maintain a consistent daily routine. While medical treatments and other reasonable accommodations can help many people manage their daytime sleepiness and reduce the risk of dangerous sleep attacks, sometimes even the best care is not enough to …
Can I Get Disability for Heart Issues After Having COVID?
Simply getting COVID-19 in the first place is bad enough. But for an estimated 30% of coronavirus sufferers, long-term side effects continue to linger long after the last positive test. In some cases, these side effects of COVID-19 have proven to be complex and can lead to potentially deadly health issues, including cardiovascular disease. Post-COVID …