Federal Worker Disability Retirement: He Who Dictates the Law…
He who dictates the law, controls the conditions and criteria which govern a process. Whether such dictation is an accurate reflection of the actual substance of the law, […] Read More …
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Federal Worker Disability Retirement: Reluctance through Negation
Making mistakes is part of the entire process of going through life; receiving advice and proper counsel helps to mitigate such mistakes; the distinction between “advice” and […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement: OWCP Acceptance & Federal Disability Retirement
Case acceptance by the Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (DOL/OWCP) makes it easier for the Agency to make a determination on issues of accommodation, […] Read More …
Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: Different Denials
After having formulated, prepared and filed a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, the period of long waiting ensues with the review process of the Office of Personnel […] Read More …
Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: MSPB & the Window of Opportunity
At the Merit Systems Protection Board, there are multiple critical points of opportunity in which to convince, persuade and otherwise have a discussion with the Office of Personnel Management […] Read More …
Federal Employee Medical Retirement: The Human Narrative
Ultimately, of course, a Federal Disability Retirement application under either FERS or CSRS is based upon a “human narrative” — delineating, describing […] Read More …
Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: Initial Application, Reconsideration & MSPB Appeals
Each Stage of the process in attempting to obtain a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS offers a distinct, yet similar, challenge. Do not be fooled by responding to a “template” […] Read More …
Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: Reconsiderations
When a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS is denied at the first stage of the process, a Federal or Postal worker who filed for the benefit has the administrative […] Read More …
FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: The High Cost of Doing Nothing
The Office of Personnel Management has been sending out a number of decisions, and many have been denials. They seem to come in batches; whether by coincidence, or in systematic fashion, […] Read More …
Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: Expectations
One would expect that there would be a correlative input of effort on the part of the Office of Personnel Management, something like a 1-to-1 ratio of effort reflecting the amount of care […] Read More …