describing all the symptoms and diagnoses of your medical conditions is something necessary to do but not enough whatsoever to get your opm disability claim approved

The Basic Question Of “What?” during the Federal Disability Retirement Application and Process

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“Why” evinces a quality of curiosity, and perhaps of disbelief; “who” indicates a need to establish an identity and source; “how” demonstrates a pragmatic approach in determining a future course of action; and “what” reveals the yearning to unravel the […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement: The Non-nexus

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Meeting an adequacy test may constitute sufficiency for some purposes, but not for others. Thus, it may be enough in completing an FMLA form to have a diagnosis, along with answers to other questions on WH-380-E. But mere identification of a medical condition […] Read More …