Overpayment Issues

• Can a disability insurance company claim an overpayment for social security disability benefits payable to a child as result of the parent’s disability?

  Our disability lawyers are contacted on a weekly basis with this exact question. The short answer is that most disability insurance policies contain language that allows a disability company to setoff your monthly disability insurance...
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• Can Veteran Disability Benefits be deducted from my monthly long term disability insurance check?

  The answer to this question depends on the language contained within your long term disability insurance policy. In most disability claims that are governed by ERISA there is an offset provision for other disability related...
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• Can a disability insurance carrier claim an overpayment if a claimant receives worker compensation benefits?

  Disability attorney Gregory Dell discusses how receiving workers compensation benefits may affect your disability insurance benefits. If you are receiving workers’ compensation benefits, the likelihood is that your disability carrier is going to claim an...
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• Can a long-term disability insurance company claim an overpayment once a claimant is approved for social security disability income benefits?

  Most group long-term disability policies contain a deductible source of income provision. It is very rare to see an individual long-term disability policy with a social security offset. A deductible source of income is also...
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