OPM Disability Retirement: Information in the Public Domain

In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, there is a quantity of information which exists in the “public domain”. Just as in the areas […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Clarifying Misconceptions

Information is interesting. But not all interesting information is useful. And, further, not all information, even if interesting and (potentially) useful, is accurate. […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Information v. Essentials

There is a tendency to want to “reveal all”, as if not revealing every aspect of a narrative is somehow misleading, untruthful, or deceptive. But there is a distinction to be made […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: What Others Said

Often, during a consultation with a Federal or Postal employee, the issue comes up about what “X said” about “Y-issue”. Information is plentiful, and especially in this age of the internet, […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Information

Information is plentiful in this age of technology and the Internet. But always remember that information is distinctly different from knowledge and truth. A plethora of information […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement: The Case of Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is one of those medical conditions that the Office of Personnel Management systematically “targets” as a condition which is prima facie “suspect”. This is despite the fact that there are cases which implicitly “admonish” […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: The Complexity of the Simple

Federal disability retirement law, the statutes and regulations which govern eligibility; the multiple case-law opinions from Administrative Judges and Federal Circuit Judges interpreting the governing statutes and regulations; the lawyers who argue different aspects […] Read More …

Federal OPM Disability Retirement: The Simplicity of the Complex

It is not the forms which make it complex — although, the instructions which accompany the filling out of the Standard Forms make it appear more convoluted than necessary. Federal Disability Retirement for FERS & CSRS employees of the Federal Government […] Read More …

Federal OPM Disability Retirement: Be Discerning

In many ways, there is too much information “out there” about anything and everything. The area of Federal Disability Retirement Law under FERS & CSRS is no different (and, admittedly, the irony is that I may be adding to the […] Read More …