Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: Filing
The actual filing of a FERS Disability Retirement application with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS or CSRS, can be rather anti-climactic, […] Read More …
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Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Thoughtless Agency Actions
The term, “oxymoron” comes from the Greek, meaning “sharp dull” — a phrase or concept which embraces two or more contradictory terms. When was the last time that the combination […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement Filing
In filing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, it is important to never overlook the obvious. One of the “obvious” points is this: If the document sent to the Office of Personnel […] Read More …
Federal Disability Retirement: Making it Easy for OPM
Whether inadvertently or not, an Applicant who has formulated, prepared and filed a Federal Disability Retirement application either under FERS or CSRS will make it easy for the Office of Personnel […] Read More …
Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: Chronic Pain
Chronic pain in a Federal Disability Retirement application can result in a “catch-22” (as that famous Joseph Heller novel forever captured that phrase) — on the one hand, the diffuse and radiating, […] Read More …
Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: Agency Procedures
It is an argument which cannot be won, and one which is avoided, if possible, but nevertheless I find myself engaged in from time to time. It is the argument of one’s historical background, […] Read More …
Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: Overlooking an Essential Element of the Job
Potential applicants who are considering filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS will sometimes ask the question, What are the essential elements of one’s job? […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: The Coming Year
For all Federal and Postal employees who are considering, or may consider in the coming year, filing an application for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS with the U.S. […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement: The Filing II
People often come to me at the 2nd (Reconsideration) Stage, or the 3rd (Merit Systems Protection Board) Stage, and ask that I correct the mistakes made in the initial filing. Most mistakes can be corrected. Of course, it would have been better if the Applicant had done it properly the first time, for once […] 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 …