Are you looking to get compensated for long COVID?

Everyone remembers the panic hoarding of food and supplies (notably toilet paper and paper towels), the empty streets, the sudden halt to economic activities, coming to grips with the realities of social distancing and remote learning, and the fear of mass deaths on a worldwide scale. 

The news would constantly update everyone as to the number of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 and it was with these metrics the world used to judge the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and our reactions and precautions throughout the different waves and iterations of the COVID-19 virus. 

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While many feel that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, there has yet to be any consensus that we have reached the endemic stage. However, the current strains of COVID-19, while incredibly infectious, appear to have much more mild symptoms than the original and Delta strain of the virus and much of the world has “opened back up” with most of day-to-day life returning to normal. 

The general hope is that with these mild cases, there will be fewer hospitalizations and deaths.  While this seems to be the case, this has left the world focusing now on the effects of COVID-19 other than hospitalization and death, with the most significant being Long COVID. 

Eligibility Criteria: Who Can Claim Compensation for Long COVID?

While no one would argue that it is not a great thing that deaths and hospitalizations numbers are down, the fact that the current strains of COVID-19 are wildly more infectious with milder cases can still be a significant cause for concern as a recent study shows that most people with long-covid had only mild cases of COVID-19 infections in the first instance. 

As the recent strains of COVID-19 have been becoming increasingly more and more contagious it only makes sense that we will be seeing more and more cases of Long COVID both locally and around the world.  Recent estimates are that approximately 65 million people worldwide are currently suffering from Long COVID.

Symptoms of Long COVID     

There have been different approaches to dealing with Long COVID and these approaches continue to evolve as the medical and scientific community gets a better understanding of the illness and its symptoms.

This has been difficult as while COVID-19 is generally thought to be a respiratory virus, its symptoms and symptoms of Long COVID can be varied and can include:

• Fatigue
• Brain Fog
• Diverse Respiratory Symptoms
• Diverse Neurological Symptoms
• Diverse Digestive Symptoms
• Changes to Menstrual Cycles
• Joint and Muscle Pain

For many of these symptoms, medical science has yet to understand why they are occurring, and they can’t be explained by tests or easily managed in our current medical system.  The Government of British Columbia has set up a  special network of medical professionals with expertise in dealing with the symptoms of long-term COVID-19 to try to help both individuals and their treating medical professionals in dealing with their ongoing long-term COVID-19 symptoms. 

Long-Term Disability Benefits & Long COVID

It’s not surprising that with the vast array of symptoms and the ongoing COVID-19 infections the rates of people suffering from Long COVID and ending up unable to work are going up.

For these people, the solution is to apply to their insurer for long-term disability benefits to help support them and their families while they try to get through their suffering.  Unfortunately, legitimate claims for long-term disability benefits can be denied by insurance companies.

Vancouver Insurance Denial lawyer Brian Jacobson says that “insurance companies have a long history of denying so-called ‘invisible illnesses’ and have been taken to task in the Court systems to be forced to pay out wrongly denied long-term disability benefits.

This approach has been taken against many new and poorly understood causes of disability, like chronic fatigue syndrome, to deny legitimate claims.  

Getting compensated for long COVID is really hard to do.

Documentation Essentials: Preparing for Your Long COVID Claim

The cause of your symptoms shouldn’t be what matters, it should be if they affect your ability to work.”

Often when individuals apply for long-term disability benefits they have their doctor on their side supporting their condition and helping them fight for their long-term disability benefits.  What’s unique about long-term disability claims involving COVID, is that the medical science and our understanding of the symptoms and how to treat them are developing in real time. 

It’s well known that the medical system in British Columbia was overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic and that general practitioner’s offices were overwhelmed to the point where many family doctors left their practices.  

Compensated for Long COVID

The unfortunate reality is that many family doctors are trying to keep their businesses running and are not well informed when it comes to the Long COVID-19 generally and certainly when it comes to the current medical and scientific understanding of this illness. 

This can make it difficult for a doctor to identify the cause of someone’s symptoms and to explain to an insurance company why that person is unable to work, leading to many rightful long-term insurance applications being denied.

If you or someone you know has been denied long-term disability benefits for Long COVID, due to the cognitive or physical symptoms experienced, contact an experienced insurance denial lawyer.  They can assist in forcing the insurance company to pay you the benefits under your long-term disability policy. 

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