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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Vegetarian policyholder's Rs 1 lakh mediclaim rejected due to B12 deficiency; company said his diet led to the stroke; court orders insurer to pay him Rs 1.1 lakh

A district consumer commission in Ahmedabad has ordered an insurance company to pay a medical claim it had earlier denied on the ground that the policyholder's health complications were caused by vitamin B12 deficiency linked to his vegetarian diet, according to TOI. The commission held that being vegetarian was not the patient's fault, and that the insurer had used a wrong ground to reject a genuine claim.

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