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Postal and Federal Employee Disability & Injury Compensation Laws under FERS & CSRS: Decisions & Complexities

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FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: Roadmaps

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In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, it is important to allow for the medical […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: A Word about Approvals

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It is the general policy of the Office of Personnel Management to withhold releasing of information concerning a pending Federal Disability Retirement application, whether under FERS […] Read More …

Federal & Postal Disability Retirement: The Agency & the Individual

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The National Reassessment Program (NRP) now implemented in full force, along with the Voluntary Early Retirement, the cash incentives (many have called to ask whether or […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Denial at the First Stage

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I would like to state that none of my cases have ever been denied at the Initial Stage of filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits; not only would such a statement be untrue; it would also be unbelievable. And yes — even the cases that I file on behalf of my clients […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: The OWCP Paradigm

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One may choose OWCP benefits because, financially, it pays more (75% non-taxed for an individual with dependents; 66 2/3% for a single individual) than a Federal Disability Retirement annuity. It is a pragmatic paradigm to rely upon for the […] Read More …