Federal and Postal Service Disability Retirement: Each Level of the Process
Disability retirement, as I have often written about, is a process. Each stage of the process has certain “requirements” which should be met — by […] Read More …
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CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: OPM May Say So, But…
I often wonder how many unrepresented disability retirement applicants there are who, having received a denial letter at the First Stage of the process of filing for Federal Disability Retirement […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Waiting too long
My approach to Federal Disability Retirement law is that there are very few, if any, mistakes made by the applicant which cannot be corrected, amended, or explained, especially where the essential ingredients of a “good” case are in existence: a supportive doctor; a position/duties which are […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement: OPM’s Specific Denial I
On those occasions when an OPM denial specifically (and correctly) identifies and asserts deficiencies in a disability retirement application, it is important to have a targeted response in addressing the denial. The reason for such a targeted approach is for […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: OPM’s Generic Denial
Often, cases are mishandled not because of the “present” mistake, but because the case was never prepared for the “long-term” event. Let me elaborate and explain. Obviously, an applicant for disability retirement benefits under FERS & CSRS wants to win the case at […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: The Lawless Supervisor
Every now and then (or perhaps more often than we like to think) a Supervisor will fill out the SF 3112B (Supervisor’s Statement) with such venom and innuendo and half-truths, as to make the disability retirement applicant out to be John Gotti’s half-brother and […] Read More …
FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: Reconsideration Stage
Alas, a batch of decisions has obviously been sent out to many disability retirement applicants in the last couple of weeks, because I have gotten many calls from those who attempted to try and obtain disability retirement benefits without legal representation. In reviewing the denial decision from the Office of Personnel Management, many who have Read More …