Legal Question in Workers Comp in Connecticut

Heart & Hypertension claim

I am a career fire fighter in Connecticut hired in 1987. I fall under the old law for heart and hypertension. I was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure and prescribed medication; I will need to take for life. I filed a 30 C form 5 days after the diagnoses. The Town is objecting to the claim. I believe a fire fighter hired in 1987 that develops hypertension or heart disease on or off duty, the claim goes back to my employer? I do not have a second job. I am not sure where I can find case law to support my claim? Is this automatically job related? What evidence will I need to present at the hearing?


Asked on 2/18/08, 8:58 am

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John Serrano Serrano & Serrano, LLC - Connecticut Accident, Social Security & Divorce Lawyers

Re: Heart & Hypertension claim

I am sorry to hear about your condition. Are you treating yourself for your hypertension or are you seeing a doctor? This is a rather complex area of law, and just as I would not recommend that you manage your medical condition on your own, I would not recommend that you try to fight the town without a lawyer helping you. In any case, you would need to look at Conn. General Statutes section 7-433c as well as Chapter 568 of the statutes (the Workers Compensation Act). The law does not make your hypertension automatically job related. What the law does do is create a rebuttable presumption that it is job related. This means that instead of requiring you to prove your hypertension is job related, the town has to prove that it is not. I would be happy to meet with you to discuss this further. My office does not charge an initial consultation in these kinds of cases.

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Answered on 2/18/08, 9:48 am


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