Last Updated on June 6, 2015
The former is both a religious sacrament in Church doctrine, as well as a state of establishing that something is true or correct; the latter, an act or statement of support for that which was previously thought to be so. Both imply a previous state of foreknowledge, or at least an indication of some prior existence of validity; it merely needed a further stamp of approval or attestation of verification. And that is how most opinions are sought, aren’t they? In our own minds, we already know the answer; the search for counsel is not for new revelation, but merely a confirmation of that which we know, and the affirmation of what is needed to be done.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition, such that the medical condition impacts the capacity and ability of being able to perform the essential elements of one’s positional duties, the recognition for the need to file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether the Federal employee or U.S. Postal worker is under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset, is determined far in advance of any phone call to an attorney for guidance and counsel.
The search for “advice”, as the term is loosely presented, is often to merely confirm that which is already known, and to affirm the process which has already been discovered. For, the medical condition itself already tells the Federal or Postal employee of the necessity of filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through OPM, and the agency’s unfriendly and often hostile response has established the harbinger of one’s future.
Like secrets between nations and skeletons in one’s proverbial closet, the preparation, formulation and filing of Federal Disability Retirement benefits through OPM is somewhat of a formality; it was known already for quite some time, but the Federal and Postal employee just needed to confirm and affirm the inevitability of necessity already revealed, but wanting of declaration.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
Hello Mr. McGill, I am an injured former employee. I was requested to go on OWCP no other work or mail was to be processed I worked five year for USPS 1985 -1990 when I was on the CSRs retirement system. When again was hired for 1998-2009 and still receiving OWCP. I hope I am entitled to the best retirement that I shall receive more money. I have a lawyer for SSD, still trying to get approved. USPS is a challenging job; it was a great accomplishment to be employed. I just hope I receive my benefits that I am entitled. So I won’t fell the burden of lost wages. That I am experiencing at this time.
From Fresno California,
I have talked with union rep and investigators with postal service but to no avail. She yells repeatedly at me on work room floor, if I try to discuss situations with her she ignores me and makes you feel humiliated. She does not treat me equal to the other employees. I feel as if I can’t take this anymore, I am on medication but there are a lot of times I just want to drive the mail truck into something! It’s just to much to handle.