Federal Disability Retirement: Developing a Case
In most cases, the normal process of disability retirement for the First Stage of the process is anywhere from 6 – 8 months; some fall towards the 6-month range; some take longer […] Read More …
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When Is the Best Time to File for OPM Disability Retirement Benefits?
I still get calls by people who state that (A) they are waiting for a year before they are going to file for FERS or CSRS disability retirement, (B) It hasn’t been a year since they have been on LWOP, but it almost will be, or (C) They are […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: The Waiting
Yes, filing for, and obtaining, Federal Disability Retirement under FERS or CSRS is a long, arduous, bureaucratic process. It can take 6 – 8, sometimes 10 months from the beginning to the approval of the application at the First Stage. […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability: Perennial Issues
Like perennial plants, some issues continue to repeatedly crop up; once planted, they keep showing up in various question-forms. The one which needs to be addressed, again, is the “1-year” issue: there are actually two (2) questions which keep resurrecting […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement: The Responsibility of the Office of Personnel Management
Perhaps it is an anomaly to even speak about the issue of “the responsibility” of the Office of Personnel Management — at least, from the general consensus of experiences as told by countless […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Confusion About The 1-year Rule
I am receiving too many questions about certain issues, which leads me to believe that a clarification is again in order. First, concerning the Statute of Limitations on filing for Federal disability retirement benefits. […] Read More …
Reminder: Statue of Limitations on Filing for FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement
At various times, in various forums, I have noted some confusion on the issue of when an individual can/must file for disability retirement, so I want to clarify some of the issues. Confusion #1: Do you have to wait 1 year in order to file for Federal dislability retirement? The answer is “No” — the Read More …