Often advocates for persons with disabilities strongly object to the claim that disability essentially involves a decrement in health. Yet, it is a mystery why anyone with an impairment would ever deny, or feel uncomfortable being told that, their impairment is at bottom a health problem. In thi...
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If you are concerned that your insurer is not evaluating your claim under the proper standard, an experienced disability insurance attorney can help you assess the situation and determine what options, if any, are available. [1] Shields v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 1 CA-CV ...
Patients were excluded if they (1) did not speak English, (2) had moderately severe cognitive impairment, (3) had schizophrenia or other psychosis, (4) had a disability claim currently being adjudicated for pain, (5) had depression directly precipitated by a cancer therapy for which depression...
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a fundamental instrument for interpreting international human rights within a disability context, and an important tool for advancing disability rights agendas. Among states that have ra
Veatch’s vision for egalitarianism In his book, Veatch asks: “Why does anyone in need, disadvantaged through physical or mental handicap, have a claim?” [1, p. 21]. He wants to establish equality claims and obligations of justice through a broad base of consensus (at least for readers...
…. Accordingly, in a traumatic injury claim for post-retirement disability compensation, the only relevant inquiry is whether claimant’s work injury precluded his return to his usual work at the time of his retirement such that the loss o...