Heart Disease & Hypertension

Heart Disease & Hypertension

Connecticut Workers' Compensation Lawyers

Heart disease or hypertension can create extensive medical challenges and cause an increased risk for dangerous medical conditions, such as heart disease leading to a heart attack. These medical conditions are often stress-related and may be associated with your employment. If you suffer from heart disease or hypertension as a result of work-associated stress, you may be eligible to collect workers' compensation benefits. Cousins, Desrosiers & Morizio, P.C. can help.

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Workers' Comp and Survivors’ Benefits

As Board Certified compensation attorneys, we are able to assist clients with various forms of heart disease and hypertension-related Workers' compensation claims, such as:

• Disability benefits: Any worker diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or other stress-related disease may be eligible for workers' compensation benefits. It must be proved, however, that the medical condition is a result of specific working conditions.
• Disability benefits for policemen, firefighters, or state correction officers: Connecticut law mandates that state correction officers as well as policemen and firefighters, firemen, and municipal workers have a presumption of risk for stress-related occupational disease, such as heart disease or hypertension, depending on your date of hire. Therefore, one must simply be diagnosed with a stress-related disease in order to file a Workers' compensation claim.
• Survivors' benefits: If a loved one has died as a result of a stress-related work condition, such as police work or firefighting, you may have a right to survivors' benefits to compensate for the loss. We have helped countless widows and dependents appeal denied survivors' benefits, widow benefits, and dependent benefits

File a Workers' Compensation Claim

There are specific statute of limitations rules regarding filing claims for benefits that you must be aware of. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or other occupational stress-related disease, it is important to speak with an attorney and learn your rights immediately.

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Free Initial Consultation

We offer a free initial consultation and case evaluation so that you may understand your rights and learn how we can help you proceed. Contact us to schedule your free consultation with a skilled Workers' compensation claim lawyer.