Connecticut Retirement Services Division Is Not Complying With Its Own Rules

Connecticut State employees who are seeking a disability retirement will appear before a three person Medical Examining Board. One particular concern of Zimberlin Law LLC is the State’s lack of [...]

  Prior to the COVID pandemic, State of Connecticut employees who sought a disability retirement, would appear personally before a Medical Examining Board for a hearing. The Medical [...]

Social security recipients and Veterans who rely on disability payments will get some welcome relief from the crushing inflation of the last year.  Beginning January 1, 2023, disability [...]

Zimberlin Law LLC has long been concerned about the information contained in the denial letters from the Retirement Services Division regarding decisions of the Medical Examining Board (MEB).  [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]