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Category: Diagnosis - Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis and Long Term Disability: What You Need to Know

Diagnosis - Osteomyelitis

If you are battling osteomyelitis, you understand the profound impact this chronic bone infection can have on your life. Not only does it cause severe pain and mobility restrictions, but it also presents a challenging path when seeking long term disability benefits. Osteomyelitis’s episodic nature means your ability to work can fluctuate unpredictably, complicating your financial stability and emotional well-being.

Below, we’ll discuss the essential steps to prove a long term disability claim for osteomyelitis and share information that can help you through the LTD claims process.

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Osteomyelitis and Long Term Disability Claims: How to Prove Your Case

Diagnoses Diagnosis - Chronic Pain Diagnosis - Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis is a serious bone infection. For some people, it resolves with antibiotics and treatment. For others, it causes ongoing pain, weakness, mobility problems, repeated surgeries, fatigue, wound issues, or permanent damage to the affected bone or joint.

If osteomyelitis is affecting your ability to work, the insurance company will not approve a long term disability claim simply because you have the diagnosis. The insurer will want to understand what happened, what treatment you received, what limitations remain, and why those limitations prevent you from doing your job.

That is where many osteomyelitis claims become difficult. Medical records may show the infection, surgery, or antibiotics, but they may not clearly explain why you cannot sit through a full workday, walk safely, travel to meetings, use your hand, tolerate pain medication, or maintain reliable attendance.

Below are practical points to understand before filing a long term disability claim for osteomyelitis.

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