Success With Disability Claims for Osteoarthritis

Success with Long-Term Disability Claims Involving Osteoarthritis

Bartolic Law has gotten many clients suffering from Osteoarthritis long-term disability benefits paid. We have worked at all stages of the case, from making a claim, to challenging a denial, to litigation. In one client’s case, the client suffered from Osteoarthritis in both knees and had a job that required standing and walking all day. Despite double knee replacements, the client still suffered considerable pain when standing and walking. The insurer initially denied the claim asserting the knee replacements restored full functionality, but we successfully persuaded the insurer the relief was not to a point to permit that kind of standing and walking.

In another case, we had a client with severe Osteoarthritis in the client’s hands and wrists, and the client’s work required frequent use of a computer, as many do today. Insurers’ assessment forms and medical reviews rarely focus on the capacity to use a computer or type, so we obtained an upper extremity specific functional capacity evaluation that focused on computer use, showing the client could not use the computer. While the insurer focused on sitting, standing, and walking, we redirected the focus on the main issue and helped the client get disability benefits paid.