Federal Employee Medical Retirement: Lives of Trepidation

Most of us live lives of subtle trepidation. Whether borne of childhood experiences of insecurity or fears, psychologists and mental health professionals can perhaps shed some light upon a theory or proposed paradigm of explanatory adequacy. In adulthood, it turns […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: Added Stresses

It is a long, bureaucratic process. Such is the state of preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits with the Office of Personnel Management. The funny thing about […] 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 …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: When to Get an Attorney

As I explain to all potential clients, whether an individual should attempt to obtain Federal Disability Retirement benefits with or without an attorney, is an individual and personal decision, based upon a number of factors. I place everyone on a spectrum:  on the far left side of the spectrum is a Letter Carrier who becomes Read More …