COLAnow as of 6/16/22: After the May 2022 CPI-W release, COLAnow is projecting a 12.92% Cost of Living Increase (COLA) beginning January 2023 for Social Security Disability beneficiaries and a 10% COLA increase for FERS Disability beneficiaries beginning in January 2023. This is just a projection, it’s not legal or […]
Irwin | Nguyen is our new firm name, and we are opening a third office in Bethesda, Maryland in order to help even more people with disability benefits applications and appeals. Teachers and first responders are especially important to us: Teachers insure that our children grow up with the best […]
Is Long Term Disability No-Fault Insurance? Long term disability benefits generally cover someone who has bought a long-term disability policy through an insurance company like CIGNA, Lincoln financial, UNUM, MetLife, to name a few, or many others. Also, someone’s employer can purchase a group long term disability benefits plan to […]
We represent a lot of teachers in Social Security disability hearings, applications/appeals, long-term disability appeals/applications, and most of all Maryland State Disability Retirement applications and appeals. Teachers become unable to work pretty frequently because teaching is one of the more physically demanding jobs that people do not know is physically […]
The application process for Social Security disability benefits can be lengthy. While the Social Security Administration (SSA) generally tries to issue initial decisions within three to five months from the date of application, most initial applications are denied. Moving your application to the hearing and appeals stage can add months […]