Long COVID Disability Court Battles Just 'Tip of Iceberg

"A growing number of long COVID patients, denied disability benefits despite being unable to work, are turning to the courts for legal relief.

At least 30 lawsuits have been filed seeking legal resolution of disability insurance claims, according to searches of court records. In addition, the Social Security Administration said it has received about 52,000 disability claims tied to SARS-CoV-2 infections, which represents 1% of all applications.

But legal experts say those cases may not reflect the total number of cases that have gone to court. They note many claims are initially dismissed and are not appealed by claimants.

"With this system, they deny two thirds of initial applications, then people who appeal get denied almost 90% of the time, and then they can appeal before a judge," said Kevin LaPorte, a Social Security disability attorney at LaPorte Law Firm in Oakland, California. "What happens next doesn't have a lot of precedent because long COVID is a mass disabling event, and we haven't seen that many of these cases get all the way through the legal system yet."

As a result, the exact number of long COVID disability claims and the number of these cases going to court isn't clear, he said."

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995101?form=fpf

Are you paid to post this chit? Literally the only one here who still has Covid on the mind at all times 3 years later

Seems like others have it on the mind enough to file suits.