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051130P.pdf   12/07/2005  Vikki A. Wise  v.  Kind & Knox Gelatin
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-1130
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Heaney and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil Case - ERISA. District court's decision finding abuse of discretion
   in denial of benefits based a 12-month treatment-free period for
   intercostal neuritis condition is reversed. Record supports that claimant
   received treatment for intercostal neuritis during treatment-free period
   and plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in denying claim for
   long term disability benefits under pre-existing condition provision.