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One of the running, central themes of a Federal Disability Retirement application should always be a clear explanation of how the medical condition affects the applicant’s ability to perform the essential elements of one’s job. The physician should first descriptively convey the impact of the symptoms and debilitating conditions, and then the applicant too, he or she should also explain the interconnection between her medical condition and the positional duties of her job.
In preparing, formulating, finalizing and filing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, one must (of course) describe and delineate the “bridge” between one’s medical […] Read More …
Often, Agencies will proceed to propose a removal of a Federal or Postal employee based upon reasons which clearly “imply” one’s medical inability to perform one or more of the essential functions […] Read More …
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 …
The diagnosis of the medical condition in a Federal Disability Retirement case, either under FERS or CSRS, is merely the beginning point in preparing a case. As the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., […] Read More …
Remember that the official Job Description may provide an antiseptic-like delineation of the major functions of a particular position. From that, one may infer, imply and extract the daily […] Read More …
The entire process of preparing and filing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS should be accomplished with the view that it will end up at the Merit Systems […] Read More …
In filing a Federal Disability Retirement application, there is the “shotgun approach” — of peppering the application with any and all medical conditions which may prevent or otherwise impact […] Read More …
In filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, it is important to note that the Office of Personnel Management will often argue that the mere fact that a person […] Read More …
If a person is separated from Federal Service pursuant to a Reduction-in-Force, can he file an application for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS? As with all such questions […] Read More …
Is an official diagnosis important? It certainly makes for a “clean” Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS & CSRS, and indeed, sometimes the Office of Personnel Management […] Read More …