if you got a stress claim pending with the owcp

Physical and Mental Conditions in Federal OPM Disability Retirement Claims: Ahead of the Proverbial Curve

Posted onAuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Trends are often characterized by the actions of a few.  Whether in cultural expectancies via movie moguls, fashion designers, technology innovators and convention-busters, the known so-called leaders who stay ahead of the proverbial “curve” which maintains the continuum of linear stability in a given society, often dictate the direction of an otherwise directionless future.  The ivory tower of academia is another such bastion of proclivities where, if observed carefully, […] Read More …

Federal and Postal Disability Retirement: Stress & the Workplace

Posted onAuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Taking off from work for a few days because of “stress” may be entirely appropriate; basing a Federal Disability Retirement application through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS or CSRS, upon a “stress claim” may not be […] Read More …

Federal Worker Disability Retirement: The Gatekeeper of Stress

Posted onAuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

The gatekeeper’s duties encompass the power to determine who enters and exits, and to monitor guests, invitees and generally to control the inflow and outflow of traffic to and from the designated property. Stress originates from one’s external environment. […] Read More …

Federal Employee Medical Retirement: Claims of Stress

Posted onAuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

“Stress” is a phrase which is used to describe a myriad of conditions, circumstances and origins of countless medical conditions. The word itself is malleable and elastic, and can be […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: Stress & Exacerbated Medical Conditions

Posted onAuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Often, the generic designation of “stress” is the underlying medical condition; other medical conditions can exist, and perhaps are exacerbated by the underlying condition of “stress” […] Read More …