People dealing with ataxia disability often face overwhelming life challenges. Ataxia is a neurological condition that impairs balance and physical movements. Victims can experience an increasing failure of muscle coordination and erratic muscular action, and much more. Being denied of ataxia disability benefits can be challenging and Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers are here to help you.
Simple movements vital to the activities of daily living and the ability to hold down a job – such as grasping objects, fine motor skills, walking, reaching, gesturing, bending, and speaking – become difficult or impossible. Yet ataxia, and the serious disabilities it causes, is little understood by those who do not suffer from it. Moreover, it is common practice for insurance companies to deny claims, no matter how valid the disability is.
In the case of ataxia disability claims, LTD insurers routinely consider the condition to be subjective, and this supports their denial based on the grounds that sufficient objective medical evidence does not exist. Therefore, you cannot prove that ataxia obstructs your ability to work.