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Teachers in Connecticut are part of the Teachers’ Retirement System, which provides state retirement benefits to retired teachers. This system also provides a disability allowance to teachers who [...]

Thank you very much for being fair appreciate everything. I’ll be sure to pass your name if I hear anybody needs you.  Thanks, C.J.   TO THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT ZIMBERLIN LAW: A TRULY BIG [...]

  If you are a disabled State of Connecticut employee, you may be eligible for both worker’s compensation benefits and a disability retirement. You can be eligible for worker’s comp if an [...]

  If so, you are not alone. Attorneys who represent veterans have a difficult time in getting the Veterans Administration to acknowledge a change of address, leading to hours of frustrating [...]

Some good news for people who are on Social Security disability. The Social Security Administration has a policy of “Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs),” where it will re-evaluate a claimant’s [...]

The State of Connecticut Retirement Services Division continues to send inaccurate information to disability applicants. If you are applying for State of Connecticut disability retirement, you [...]

Connecticut state employees who are awarded disability retirement receive a yearly form from the Retirement Services Division. Until recently, it was a one-page form. The form asked about paid [...]

The short answer is, you are probably out of luck. In the recent case of Alexander v. Saul, No. 19-2270-cv, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals considered the request of an SSI claimant for an [...]

In the case of Carr v. Saul, 19-1442 (S.Ct. April 22, 2021) Petitioners were six individuals whose applications for disability benefits were denied by the Social Security Administration (SSA). [...]

An employee of the State of Connecticut, who is disabled, can apply for a disability retirement. The employee must prove to the Medical Examining Board that he or she is disabled. If the Medical [...]