DISABILITY INCOME INSURANCE: LIMITED DISABILITY BENEFITS GCERT2000 46 di/limited ben 12/13 For Disability Due To Alcohol, Drug or Substance Abuse or Addiction; Mental and Nervous Disorders or Diseases; If You are Disabled due to one or more of the following medical conditions described below, We will limit Your Disability benefits to a lifetime maximum equal to the lesser of: · 24 months for any one or more, or all of the below conditions; or · the Maximum Benefit Period. Subject to the Administration of Limited Disability Benefits provision below, for Disability Due to Alcohol, Drug or Substance Abuse or Addiction; Mental and Nervous Disorders or Diseases; set forth below: Your Disability benefits will be limited as stated above for: 1. Alcohol, Drug or Substance Abuse or Addiction; If Your Disability is due to alcohol, drug or substance addiction, We require You to participate in an alcohol, drug or substance addiction recovery program recommended by a Physician. We will end Disability benefit payments at the earliest of the period described above or the date You cease, refuse to participate, or complete such recovery program. 2. Mental or Nervous Disorders or Diseases that results from any cause. This limitation will not apply to a Disability resulting from: · Neurocognitive Disorders. ADMINISTRATION OF LIMITED DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR DISABILITY DUE TO ALCOHOL, DRUG OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR ADDICTION, MENTAL AND NERVOUS DISORDERS OR DISEASES, If no exception above applies, and You are Disabled as a result of more than one injury or Sickness for which Disability benefits are payable under this certificate, each of which are subject to the provisions of the Limited Disability Benefits section, the benefit limitation periods will run concurrently for all such conditions. DEFINED TERMS USED IN LIMITED DISABILITY BENEFITS Bipolar I Disorder means a psychiatric disorder diagnosed in accordance with the diagnostic criteria for Bipolar I Disorder set forth in the most recent edition of the DSM as of the date of Your Disability. Supporting documentation must include evidence that You experienced at least one full manic episode. The following conditions, as determined using the diagnostic criteria for such conditions set forth in the most recent edition of the DSM as of the date of Your Disability are not considered Bipolar I Disorder for purposes of this exclusion: · bipolar II disorder · cyclothymic disorder; · substance induced bipolar disorder; · bipolar disorder associated with a known general medical condition; · other specified bipolar disorder; or · unspecified bipolar disorder. Mental or Nervous Disorder or Disease means a medical condition which meets the diagnostic criteria set forth in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders (“DSM”) as of the date of Your Disability. Neurocognitive Disorder means a condition that meets the diagnostic criteria for neurocognitive disorders set forth in the most recent edition of the DSM as of the date of Your Disability, and the cognitive deficits that relate to the Disability are not attributable to another Mental or Nervous Disorder or Disease. Neurocognitive disorders include, but are not limited to, conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, and Traumatic Brain Injury.
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