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Don't count on it Keith- Insurance companies are in the business of making money. Since PD cannot be diagnosed or its progress followed by an objective lab test and symptoms are so variable over time e.g. "on" vs "off" they will look at the data which favors their position- and tend to deny benefits. I hope things go smoothly for you but don't count on it. Charlie Keith Chancey wrote: > I work in the Benefits Department for a large (140,000 employees) U.S. > employer, so I can share some of the rationale for determining disability. > We, and most employers, require the presence of significant objective findings > of disability. Our benefits book reads: > > "Significant objective findings of a disability are necessary to substantiate > the period of time your health care professional indicates you are disabled. > Significant objective findings are those that can be observed by your health > care professional through objective means, not just from your description of > the symptoms. Objective findings include: > > * Medical examination findings > * Test results > * X-ray results > * Observation of anatomical, physiological, or psychological abnormalities" > > If an employer relied solely on subjective findings, someone could simply > claim they have pain, or feel awful, and get health and disability payments > for life. I believe the above would allow me to receive disability benefits > because my neuro could provide significant objective findings if/when my PD > progresses to the point where I am no longer able to work. > > Hope this helps, and welcome to the list. > > Keith Chancey 45/14 months > Memphis, TN -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************