by Richard Feingold | Dec 31, 2019 | Cost of Living Adjustments, Social Security Rules & Definitions, Work Issues
If you receive Social Security benefits of any kind, you are probably familiar with the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). Its purpose is to ensure your benefits keep pace with inflation. Whether it fully fulfills that purpose is the subject of some...
by Richard Feingold | Sep 12, 2019 | Medical Issues, Social Security Rules & Definitions
Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. It bears repeating that in order to establish that you are disabled under the Social Security Act, you must have a “medically determinable physical or mental impairment(s)” that has lasted, or can be...
by Richard Feingold | Jan 18, 2019 | Cost of Living Adjustments, Social Security Rules & Definitions, Work Issues
If you receive Social Security benefits of any kind, you are probably familiar with the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). Its purpose is to ensure your benefits keep pace with inflation. The Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for...
by Richard Feingold | Jun 14, 2018 | Federal Court, Feingold Law, Social Security Rules & Definitions
We’re continuing to represent clients in their Social Security disability claims and had a very good result in a case which we took to federal court recently. As you may be aware, when a Social Security disability claimant exhausts his or her remedies before the...
by Richard Feingold | Sep 8, 2017 | Medical Issues, Mental Health, Social Security Rules & Definitions
Effective September 29, 2016, the Social Security Administration revised its medical criteria for evaluating neurological disorders. As you may recall, one way to prove you are disabled is to meet (or equal in severity) one of Social Security’s medical listings....
by Richard Feingold | Sep 5, 2017 | Medical Issues, Mental Health, Social Security Rules & Definitions
Here are some common Social Security Disability Myths Social Security Disability Myths abound. Here are some of the more common ones we’ve heard. Social Security Disability Myths. Myth # 1. “You have to be over age 50 to get disability benefits”...
