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If a disability for which benefits were payable ends but recurs because of the same or related causes no more than 90 days after the end of the prior disability, it will be considered a resumption of the prior disability. Under these circumstances there is no need to satisfy another elimination period.
Stroke is the most common cause of adult disability. Every year an estimated 150 000 people in the UK suffer from a stroke. You are more likely to suffer a stroke if you are over the age of 65, but it can occur in all age groups. Strokes occur when a part of your brain is starved of oxygen.