doing things right the first time (with the initial federal disability application) will save you bucks and heachaches

Beginning the Federal Disability Retirement Process

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The Chinese proverb, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, is meant to remind us that looking at a process in its entirety can result in self-defeat even before starting, and every daunting journey must begin with the small, almost insignificant, effort of initiation. Facing a bureaucracy and an administrative process can feel like that metaphorical journey of a thousand miles. The multiple and complex standard forms to complete […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: Insipience

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The thread of differentiation and conceptual distinction can be based upon a mere sliver. In practical life, pausing a moment because a person forgot his or her keys, can result in avoiding a chain of events terminating in causal calamities, merely because the time differentiation as a consequence of the slight delay allows for time to alter the historical ripples of cause and effect. […] Read More …

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 …

Federal and USPS Disability Retirement: First Impressions

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The older generation often refers to the importance of “first impressions” — of the firmness of one’s handshake; of whether eye contact is made to betray secretiveness; the clothes one wears; tattoos and the number of body piercings; all are evidence of […] Read More …

Early Medical Retirement for Disabled Federal Workers: Those Important First Steps

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It is often the period of initial preparation of a process which is important in setting a solid foundation for the insurmountable security and solidity of a case. That truism is arrived at through retrospective reflection; but when one is frantically attempting to reach the end-goal, […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Trying to Act “As If”…

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One can act as if a mistake was not made; the problem exists, however, and continues to impact, with the assumption that X did happen, despite one’s best attempts at ignoring the occurrence. […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: Beginning Points

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In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the familiar refrain from Federal and Postal Employees, […] Read More …

Federal Disability Retirement: Prospective Affirmation versus Retrospective Correction

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Moving forward with the right tools is generally more effective than looking back and trying to correct deficiencies; thus, the age-old adage of being penny wise, pound foolish applies; […] Read More …