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This definition describes total disability insurance, which pays a disability benefit if you can not work in a job related to your education, training, or experience.

There are other enhanced versions of this definition that describe total disability as "specialty own-occupation" which protects your ability to work in your specialty. If for example you can teach your specialty at a college, you will still get benefits as long as you can't perform the duties of your specialty you were doing before becoming disabled/ incapable to work.

You have to be careful in choosing the definition of your disability insurance plan, because that will decide if you get paid or not.

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Technically the insurance can and often will make you take another job if your Disability contract has an "Any-Occupation" Definition of total disability. This definition says that benefits will only be paid if you are unable to do any occupation for which you can be expected to perform based on your experience, education and prior earnings.This is the primary reason why "Own-Occupation" Disability insurance is so important.


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Can a dentist on permanent disibility own practices and make income from them?

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Can you work if you apply for disability?

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