If you have been denied long-term disability benefits and are being pressured to return back to work, you should consult with a long-term disability lawyer.
Generally, the employer should be informed that you are either appealing the denial or that you are hiring a lawyer to dispute the denial.
Returning to work before you are healed is a recipe for trouble. You are likely to aggravate your disability. We find that returning to work prematurely often results in an irreparable breakdown in the employer/employee relationship, often resulting in the termination of the employee.
Caution: Often, when an employee is denied benefits, the employer will seek “additional” information from the employee (e.g. medical information) or continual “updates”. Many times, the employer is setting up the employee. Meaning that if the employee doesn’t provide sufficient information to justify their disability, the employer will say that the employee has “abandoned” their job.