considerations before resigning federal job for medical problems

Resigning from Federal Employment and Filing for OPM Disability Retirement

Posted onOctober 7, 2015AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Resignation is what the adversary wants; it is rarely an innate condition of the human animal. Whether one believes in the evolutionary process of incremental genetic adaption, progression and determinism, or that the gods of traditional theology puts forth a teleological foundation, the concept of “giving up” possesses an inherent shrinking away, a repugnance and a natural inhibitor to an act which constitutes surrender and, in some corners of thought, betrayal to self. […] Read More …

Federal Disability Retirement Law: Fool’s Gold

Posted onJuly 16, 2015March 2, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney2 Comments

Pyrite is often the element mistaken for gold, with its bright yellow appearance and shiny, reflective compound. Why a given mineral is determined of greater value than another of similar appearance is a complicated affair, encapsulating economic principles of supply and demand, the fungibility and replacement feature of one over the other, and the plain fact that the elemental differentiation itself constitutes “real” versus “fake”. It is, in history books, novels and plays, a metaphor for greed, corruption, ill-fated endeavors, and motives which propel obsessions of determined failure and futility. […] Read More …

Federal Employee Disability Retirement: Survival

Posted onMay 29, 2015November 25, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney4 Comments

The struggle to get through a given day can be overwhelming. The complexity of the human phenomenon is beyond mere comprehension; and, as some mysteries are simply unsolvable, so the accepted view of evolutionary will for survivability is defied daily. Can it really be explained by a language game encapsulating “instinct”, “genetic determinism” and “innate desire to propagate one’s species“? […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Resignation

Posted onJuly 29, 2013AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Resignation is an act which is resisted, for various and complex reasons. The strength of holding onto something; the sense that such an act would be a culmination of, and admission to, a declaration of defeat; it is often and stubbornly believed that to resist […] Read More …

considerations before resigning federal job for medical problems

Resigning from Federal Employment and Filing for OPM Disability Retirement

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Resignation

Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: To Resign, or Not

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: To Be or …