Disability Retirement Denial Is Reversed Due To Inadequate Medical Reviews

( February 13, 2026, 9:07 AM EST) -- LONDON, Ky. — Concluding that there was not substantial evidence to support an independent medical examination (IME) on which the administrator relied and that the administrative record as a whole shows that the decision to deny disability retirement benefits was arbitrary, a Kentucky federal judge granted judgment in favor of a former ward clerk that he ruled is entitled to the benefits....