Opinion ID: 3157525
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: less than 6 months has elapsed.

Text: 3 Nos. 14-3598, Safdi v. Covered Emp’r’s Long Term Disability Plan If more than 6 months has elapsed from the time You ceased to receive Disability Benefits under this Plan and You suffer a subsequent Disability which is due to the same or a cause related to a prior Disability, a Recurrent Disability will be treated as a new period of Disability, and You will be required to complete a new Elimination Period. The Recurrent Disability provision will cease to apply on the earlier of the following dates: 1. the date You become eligible for benefits under any other Group Long Term Disability Policy; or 2. the date You are no longer covered under the terms of this Plan. Id. at 4236. The Policy next explains the termination of Monthly Benefits: When Does the Monthly Benefit Terminate? Your Monthly Benefit will continue to be paid until the earliest of the following dates occurs: 1. the date You are no longer Disabled; ... 5. the date Your Current Monthly Earnings exceed 80% of Your Indexed Average Monthly Earnings . . . . Id. The Policy defined “Monthly Benefits” as “a monthly sum payable to You or on Your behalf while You are Disabled.” Id. at 4228.