Disability benefits can be awarded to you at any level of the claims processing system. You can get benefits with a favorable disability decision from a claims worker who reviews your initial application, a disability specialist at the state DDS agency who reconsiders your application at a state disability reviewing agency, an administrative law judge, a judge on the Appeals Council who reviews the ALJ decision, or even a judge or a magistrate in a federal court. The sooner a favorable decision is made at one of these levels, the sooner you receive your benefits.

				Federal Court
			Appeals Council
		Administrative Law Judge
	Reconsideration
Application
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If you obtain a favorable Social Security Disability Decision at the Application or Reconsideration level, you do not have to climb the more difficult and time consuming levels that follow. Call us now at (413) 567-5600 for a free case evaluation. Your claim will be decided at these locations:

1. Initial Decision, made either at your local District Office, or the at the Disability Determination Service for Massachusetts at 22 Front Street, P.O. Box 8009, Worcester, MA 01614 and for Connecticut: at 309 Warwarme Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114
2. Reconsideration (decided by the Massachusetts or Connecticut Disability Determination Service)
3. Administrative Law Judge (who hears your case during a hearing in Springfield or Hartford)
4. Appeals Council (in Falls Church, Virginia)
5. Federal Court (Springfield, Boston or Hartford, depending on where you live)

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• Application for Benefits
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• Understanding Your Disability Benefits Award