If your period of disability is extended by a new cause while you are receiving payments from the plan, STD benefits will continue while you remain disabled provided both of the following apply:

If you are disabled, return to work for less than 14 days, and become disabled again due to the same or related condition, you will not have to satisfy a new elimination period. If your return to work was for 14 days or more, or if you become disabled due to a new and unrelated condition, you will need to satisfy a new elimination period. See "When Coverage Ends" for details.