Coverage for this illness ends on the insured person's 24th birthday.
Definition
Muscular dystrophy means a definite diagnosis of muscular dystrophy where the insured person has well-defined neurological abnormalities, confirmed by electromyography and either muscle biopsy or other testing acceptable to us that confirms the diagnosis.
The diagnosis of muscular dystrophy must be:
- made before the insured person's 24th birthday, and
- made by a specialist.