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What are the Most Common Disabling Conditions for a Long Term Disability Claim

Author: Disability Attorneys Dell & Schaefer
Published: 2010/09/20 - Updated: 2016/03/20
Category Topic: Disability Insurance Claims - Academic Publications

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Synopsis: There are generally two sources of disability number one is accidents and number two is illnesses.

Introduction

Ninety-one percent of long-term disability claims are caused by illness and not by injury.

Main Content

There was a recent study by the Disability Council of Awareness in which they did a survey of the long-term disability companies, as well as social security disability, and came up with what percentage of claims were caused by what types of illnesses.

For example, the major disablers were:

musculoskeletal connective tissue, which was 22.6% of claims;
cancer which was 13.6% of claims;
cardiovascular disease was 10.1% of claims;
maternity related issues was 9.4% of claims;
injuries and accidents were 8.1% of claims;
mental and psychiatric disorders were 6.5% of claims;
and 5.8% of claims were neurological disorders.

This list is just an example of a few of the major disabling conditions.

If you have any questions or concerns about a disabling condition which you feel causes you to be disabled, feel free to call us to discuss your disability insurance claim.

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