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Medical Disability Retirement under FERS & CSRS: Persuasion

Posted onOctober 3, 2017AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

What does it mean to “persuade”? Is it an outcome-based event? Can one be “persuasive”, yet never persuade anyone to act upon a commitment made, perhaps verbally or with a nod of the head? What of a person who everyone agrees makes the most persuasive arguments, turns everyone’s heads with accolades of “wow” and “boy!”, yet no one can find a single person who has been persuaded to change one’s mind or follow? How about in battle – of that skinny little runt of a captain who nervously spoke, but who charged the troops up with great words and ideas […] Read More …

Medical Retirement from Federal Government Employment: Life’s enjoyment

Posted onMay 2, 2017January 16, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Are we ever taught that? If the answer is in the negative, then from whence did we learn, attain or otherwise receive the tools to engage in the purity of sensation such that we could embrace it? Did we become such through osmosis; from imprints; from learned behavior encompassing a lifetime of observations reinforced by wisdom’s refrain upon the blank chalkboard of our consciousness? How does one “enjoy” life, anymore than learning to ride a bicycle, drive a car or care for a cute puppy […] Read More …

Civil Service Disability Retirement: The value of properly preparing

Posted onFebruary 7, 2017August 17, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Each and every stage of a Federal Disability Retirement process is important to view in the preparation of a Federal Disability Retirement application. You cannot take any stage of the process in a vacuum; for example, answering SF 3112A, Applicant’s Statement of Disability, in and of itself forces one to consider stages beyond the Initial Stage of the process. Questions to ask: Are you bound by your answers without the possibility of further amendments to the narrative delineation you submit? Can changes, amendments, additions be made even after a CSA/Case number is assigned by Boyers, Pennsylvania […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: The cog in the process

Posted onFebruary 1, 2017AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Does perspective have an influence upon one’s approach in engaging an endeavor of any sort? For instance, does it matter whether or not the cynic and the one who sees the world consistently as “half-empty” or unwittingly cruel, nevertheless succeeds at every turn and venture? Or, conversely, of the person who always has a “positive attitude” and sees good in every corner, but nevertheless fails at every attempted feat; did “perspective” and viewpoint make a difference? […] Read More …

OPM Medical Retirement for Federal Employees: Character

Posted onJanuary 31, 2017AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

If a person points to another and states, “He is really a character”, is it different from positing: “He really has character”? Can both statements mean the same, or is the subtle difference there to denote? The former is customarily stated in defining a person as somewhat of an oddball, or perhaps eccentric to a degree that places him outside of the conventional norms of acceptable conduct. The latter, on the other hand, could also mean that – the possession of it modified by the adverb describes one with a plenitude of extraordinary traits. Or, it could connote the more classical meaning: A worthy person of honor, dignity, courage, moral foundation, etc. […] Read More …