Last Updated on September 7, 2013
One often hears of a “refined” or “cultured” person; such a description often provokes an image of one who has had the leisure time in order to engage in the arts and of higher society; and the word itself leaves connotations of perfecting the rough edges of a person, thing or work. But if the focus of one’s efforts is upon refinement at the outset, then there is the danger that the core of the focus will not have been adequately worked upon.
Refinements should come only after the essence of a work has been produced, just as leisure time should be enjoyed only after one has completed the necessary work. Refinements should not be the focus of one’s attention if the centrality and essence of the issue is not first attended to; and so it is with all things in life.
In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS or CSRS, it is important to focus upon creating, formulating and producing an excellent Statement of Disability; expending the effort to obtain an effective medical report; promulgating the applicable legal arguments which support the substantive underpinning one’s Federal Disability Retirement application.
Refinements can be made; but such a focus should only be engaged once the core essence of a case has been formulated. Leisure time is just that — only after the essence of a case has been attended to.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire