Offset Of Disability Benefits Permitted Under Disability Plan, Judge Says

Mealey's (November 2, 2021, 1:33 PM EDT) -- OWENSBORO, Ky. — A disability insurer’s decision to offset a claimant’s benefits was not arbitrary and capricious because the claimant’s benefits from the Veterans Administration qualify as other income benefits under the disability plan at issue, a Kentucky federal judge said Oct. 29 in granting the insurer’s motion for judgment....