Add Comment Question: am on LTD for health reasons (after 1 year of STD) and get paid 65% of my regular income. In May/June I will get hand surgery. Will this get me back into STD for the time of recovery (appr. 6 months)? I'm going to email you about this directly. Answer: I'm going to email you about this directly. Your Comment * Your Email * Your Name * Your City Note, your name, city and email is not displayed on the website. It is used to notify you that we have approved your comment.