LTD Claim Remanded; Administrator Must Consider Effects Of Medications

ST. LOUIS - A Missouri federal judge on June 19 remanded a long-term disability (LTD) claim and instructed the claims administrator to evaluate if the side effects of the claimant's prescribed medications affected the claimant's ability to perform any occupation (Lisa Conner v. Ascension Health, et al., No. 17-021, E.D. Mo., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102064).
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