Janet M. Schneider v. Sentry Group Long Term Disability Plan, Sentry Group Supplemental Disability Insurance Plan, and Sentry Life Insurance Company

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• explaining that the substantial compliance doctrine is subservient to ERISA's broad goal of ensuring that the process and explanation accompanying a denial of benefits \is adequate to ensure meaningful review of that denial.\ (citation omitted)
• ordering retroactive reinstatement because claimant “ceased receiving benefits to which she had earlier been determined to be entitled”
• “‘[R]etroactive reinstatement of benefits is the proper remedy’ when, for instance, a plan’s claims procedure ‘did not comply with ERISA’s requirements for full and fair review.’” (quoting Quinn v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Ass’n, 161 F.3d 472, 477 (7th Cir. 1998))
• discussing these statutory and regulatory requirements

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