( June 10, 2026, 9:37 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — Upholding denial of long-term disability (LTD) benefits on de novo review, a Texas federal judge said that the plaintiff’s work history and approach to his illness and symptoms undercut his claims that he was unable to perform the material and substantial duties of his regular occupation and that the medical professionals who reviewed his claim “described ample bases for their” contrary conclusions....