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Consumer Commission: Diabetes, hypertension not grounds for claim rejection

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New Delhi: Allowing a complaint against an insurance company, the District Consumer Redressal Commission II ruled that, as per established law, lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension cannot be treated as pre-existing conditions and therefore cannot be grounds for claim rejection by the insurer.

Therefore, these cannot serve as a valid reason for the insurance company to deny a claim.

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