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Advertisement Third Circuit Clarifies Sufficiency Of Discussions Of Social Security Disability Insurance Awards In Adverse Disability Benefit Determinations Under Pre-2018 ERISA Claims Procedure Regulation Friday, January 22, 2021 Plaintiffs seeking recovery of group disability benefits under ERISA-governed plans routinely argue that claim fiduciaries failed to adequately consider and/or account for decisions by the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) to award Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) benefits. As a result, federal courts are regularly tasked with evaluating the substance and sufficiency of discussions of SSDI awards (that are made a part of the administrative record) in adverse benefit determination letters. Of course, “an ERISA plan fiduciary is not bound by an SSA disability determination when reviewing a claim for benefits under an ERISA plan.” ....