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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · CT

Prime market

Connecticut.

Roughly 18,996 new disability claims are filed in Connecticut each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $26M annually.

Annual DDS intake

18,996

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

43.1%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

314 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$26M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

Judges currently on the bench in Connecticut hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Lemoine, Brian WWHITE PLAINS75.3%162
Noel, JohnHARTFORD73.2%339
Boyd, EskunderNEW HAVEN69.2%428
Bell, StephanBUFFALO64.7%201
Pantuso, GinaJERSEY CITY60.6%264

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

  • HARTFORD294 days
  • NEW HAVEN333 days

Slowest

  • NEW HAVEN333 days
  • HARTFORD294 days

30-day pilot · no contract

Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.

Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Connecticutthrough the claimpros.ai inbound-triage agent for 30 days. Measured against the firm's baseline: time-to-first-response, consult show rate, and retained-case quality. No contract, no long commitment — just numbers.

Methodology · Figures reflect SSA public data through the latest release. Fee pool estimates annualize DDS intake at a conservative 20% retention rate with a 75% cap hit on retained backpay — not a performance guarantee. Approval rates describe historical decisions, not likelihoods on individual cases.