Judge: Basis For Denial Of LTD Claim Makes Remand ‘Pointless’

( August 14, 2026, 9:54 AM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — Denying a plaintiff’s motion for remand to the administrator of his long-term disability (LTD) plan for reconsideration, a South Carolina federal judge explained that the claim was denied due to the plaintiff being “out of work for too little time to qualify” for benefits and that he didn’t show “how additional medical records could have altered this analysis.”...