having an attitude that looks positively at the future and not at the bitter past is what federal disability retirement should be all about

OPM Medical Retirement Lawyer: Acrylic Acrimonies

Posted onNovember 28, 2014AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

It usually refers to paints, but is technically an acid used to form polymers, and may be mixed in order to manufacture compound elements for plastic and other synthetic products. The second part of the short alliteration refers to the bitterness which develops when failure, or a perceived failure, begins to gnaw at the edges of sanity. The slow, incremental, eating away at a life of accomplishment and productivity, can come when once the self-discipline of setting insurmountable parameters has been ignored or otherwise untended. Bitterness is a state of regret, reserved for old men and furies left uncontrolled. […]

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Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Precipices, Edges and Flat Earths

Posted onMarch 7, 2014April 7, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

When the earth was believed to be flat, to venture out beyond the known and navigable waters was deemed to foolishly challenge an inevitable fate; and to reach the precipice and totter carelessly at the edge is to defy and challenge the gods of fate, as Macbeth does […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: Stuck in Time

Posted onFebruary 20, 2014AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Each of us embraces an era, a period, a slice of time with which we relate to, have fond remembrances of, or for whatever quirky reasons, possess an affinity or attachment to. Perhaps it is the Fifties, with its stodgy reputation for conventionalism; or the radicalization […] Read More …

Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: Footprints

Posted onFebruary 14, 2014October 18, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

This winter, inclement weather has befallen us with a vengeance. Snow remains on the ground, upon ice, upon frozen ground; and more is expected. Under such circumstances, footprints of unidentified creatures traversing the loneliness of the dead of night […] Read More …

Federal Worker Disability Retirement: The Proverbial Cup, Half Full or Half Empty

Posted onJanuary 25, 2014December 31, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

It is the classic metaphor by which we judge a person’s outlook and perspective on life; and whether influenced or determined by nature or nurture (and whether we repackage the issue by surrounding ourselves with linguistic complexities of scientific […] Read More …

Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: Memories

Posted onDecember 13, 2013December 25, 2020AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney2 Comments

Memories induce a peculiar phenomena; by expunging them, we can perhaps sidestep sadness and loss. With them, we are left with a lasting image of who we were, who we are, and who we have become, with a hope for recovery when we have lost our “place in society”. […] Read More …