WHEN WILL PAYMENTS STOP? We will stop sending you payments and your claim will end on the earliest of the following: - during the first 24 months of payments, when you are able to work in your regular occupation on a part-time basis and you do not; - after 24 months of payments, when you are able to work in any gainful occupation on a part-time basis and you do not; - if you are working and your monthly disability earnings exceed 80% of your indexed monthly earnings, the date your earnings exceed 80%; - the end of the maximum period of payment; - the date you are no longer disabled under the terms of the plan, unless you are eligible to receive benefits under Unum's Rehabilitation and Return to Work Assistance program; - the date you fail to submit proof of continuing disability; - after 12 months of payments if you are considered to reside outside the United States or Canada. You will be considered to reside outside these countries when you have been outside the United States or Canada for a total period of 6 months or more during any 12 consecutive months of benefits; - the date you die. WHAT DISABILITIES HAVE A LIMITED PAY PERIOD UNDER YOUR PLAN? The lifetime cumulative maximum benefit period for all disabilities due to mental illness is 24 months. Only 24 months of benefits will be paid even if the disabilities: - are not continuous; and/or - are not related. However, Unum will send you payments beyond the 24 month period if you meet one of these conditions: 1. If you are confined to a hospital or institution at the end of the 24 month period, Unum will continue to send you payments during your confinement. If you are still disabled when you are discharged, Unum will send you payments for a recovery period of up to 90 days. If you become reconfined at any time during the recovery period and remain confined for at least 14 days in a row, Unum will send payments during that additional confinement and for one additional recovery period up to 90 more days. 2. If you are not confined to a hospital or institution but become confined for a period of at least 14 days within 90 days after the 24 month period for which you have received payments, Unum will send payments during the length of the confinement. Under no circumstances will Unum pay beyond the maximum period of payment as indicated in the BENEFITS AT A GLANCE section of your policy. Unum will not apply the mental illness limitation to dementia if it is a result of:
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