The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) , located in Washington, D.C., is the agency which makes the decision on all Federal Disability Retirement applications, whether under FERS, CSRS […] Read More …
getting relevant medical documentation key in securing opm disability
Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: Office Notes
The Office of Personnel Management will often request that a doctor’s “office” or “treatment” notes be attached for approximately the last 1 – 2 years. What is the purpose of this request? […] Read More …
Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: The Quantitative Approach
The problem with submitting a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS based upon the “quantitative approach” (submitting a voluminous medical file which, by the sheer […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement Application: Starting with Basics
The complexities inherent in preparing, formulating, and filing a Federal Disability Retirement application with the Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS or CSRS, […] 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 …
Federal and Postal Disability Retirement: Other Processes
Does it make a difference to list that one’s Federal Disability Retirement case is also accepted by OWCP/Department of Labor as an “accepted case”? Or that one has been deemed 90% disabled […] Read More …
Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: Confirming the Relationship
After undergoing all of the those diagnostic tests; after allowing the doctor to clinically examine, prescribe multiple medications based merely upon the say-so of the doctor; […] Read More …
Federal Disability Retirement: Back to basics
The complexities surrounding preparation of a Federal Disability Retirement application are endless: concerns about the preparation of a proper medical narrative report […] Read More …