BOSTON - A disability insurer violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by offsetting a participant's payments under the plan by service-connected disability compensation under the Veterans' Benefits Act, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed March 29, concluding that disability benefits under the Veterans' Benefits Act are significantly different from benefits under the Social Security Act (SSA) and the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (David Hannington v. Sun Life...(read more)
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