No rule or regulation requires you to be represented by a Connecticut disability lawyer in order to obtain Social Security disability benefits. However, as you have probably learned from personal experience or from perusing this website, the Social Security Administration speaks a language all its own; its rules and rulings often defy common sense. The guidance of an experienced Connecticut Social Security disability lawyer can only improve your chances of obtaining benefits.

The law office of Michael F. Magistrali & Associates is close-knit group of professionals – three Connecticut lawyers and three full-time legal assistants – dedicated to protecting the rights of disabled persons throughout the state of Connecticut and in western Massachusetts. We pride ourselves on giving personal attention to every Social Security disability client. We know how frustrating it can be to deal with a government bureaucracy like the Social Security Administration, especially when you already are dealing with the daily stress of health-related issues and not being able to work. We pledge not to contribute to your frustration. Rather, we make every effort to reduce the anxiety related to the Social Security disability benefits process by promptly returning your calls; listening to your concerns; answering your questions; handling your paperwork; and preparing you to testify at your disability benefits hearing. At the law office of Michael F. Magistrali, our work begins when you first contact us by phone or email; our work does not stop until you have been awarded Social Security disability benefits or we have exhausted all reasonable appeals.

The experienced disability lawyers at Michael F. Magistrali & Associates are available to offer counsel and personal assistance with your Connecticut or Massachusetts Social Security disability claim. If you would like to talk with us about your case, please call our Torrington, Connecticut office or send us anemail. To help get this process started, please complete the Free Claim Evaluation form to your right. We will contact you promptly.

Michael F. Magistrali

Greater Hartford disability lawyer, serving Connecticut and western Massachusetts

Phone: (860)-626-0777

Toll Free: (800)-330-9921

Michael F. Magistrali & Assoc., LLC

400 Prospect Street

Torrington, CT 06790

The answer to this question is deceptively simple: Your application for Connecticut (or Massachusetts) Social Security disability benefits will be granted if you can prove that you are “disabled,” as that term is defined by the Social Security regulations. In making a disability determination, the Social Security Administration engages in a 5-step sequential evaluation process. In order to receive disability benefits, you must establish that:

1. You are not presently employed; and
2. You have a severe mental or physical impairment; and either
3. Your impairment meets or medically equals a Listing Impairment; or
4. You are unable to do your past work; and
5. You are unable to do any other work that exists regionally or in significant numbers in the national economy.