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OPM Disability Retirement Attorney: The Quality of Input

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We often forget that the quality, validity and accuracy of conclusions produced by computers will depend upon the input of information provided. Thus, predictability of future weather forecasts are contingent upon present information selected, and the computational analysis resulting in the future paradigm is founded upon current constructs, analyzed through the cumulative data previously provided, with a dash of witch’s brew and a genuflection of hope. […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Employee Medical Retirement: A Working Paradigm

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Most doctors, attorneys, and the general public are familiar with the concept of “disability benefits”, but only in relation to the Social Security Administration. It is rare that disability benefits are associated with, or are known to exist, separately for Federal employees or the U.S. Postal Service, in relation to a concept which is progressively unique and creatively formulated within a context of a society and a bureaucracy which is not normally know for such characteristics: a system of disability where the disabled individual is encouraged to seek employment without being penalized for earning income […] Read More …

Federal Worker Disability Retirement: Interruption or Interlude

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Life is full of interruptions which push the pause button upon our grand designs for linear progression; how we view such events, whether as something bothersome, or as a respite and opportunity, a platform for the next stage of life, will determine the extent […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: The Universe of the Possible (Part II of II)

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When avenues are closed off, the human psyche tends to shut down; and when grounds manifest fertile regeneration and bountiful splendor, the endless state of the possible opens like the gaping eyes of a child in excitable wonderment. That is why internet companies […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Unwanted Change

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Stability is what we seek; yet, with stability comes habituation and a staid routine of repetitive boredom. Adventure, excitement and stimulation; these come at a price, and so we revert and remain in the cocoon of safety, daydreaming of that potential, […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: OWCP & the Short Sale

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Americans are often looked upon as short-sighted. Lacking historical longevity, both in terms of an enduring civilization as well as culture, the economic, mercantile (some would say ‘mercenary’), […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement: The 80% Rule — Earned Income

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As we reach the end of the year, Federal and Postal employees who are receiving Disability Retirement benefits, and who are working in the private sector, should remember the 80% […] Read More …

OPM Disability Annuity Income Cap: The 80% Rule

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When a Federal or Postal employee files for Federal Disability Retirement benefits, and obtains an approval from the Office of Personnel Management, under FERS he or she will receive 60% […] Read More …

Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: A Thoughtful Paradigm

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Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS is a well-thought out paradigm of benefits for two primary reasons: (1) First, because it allows for a base annuity for those productive […] Read More …

Federal Disability Retirement: OPM Disability & OWCP Disability (Continuing…)

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A person who is on OWCP Disability payments — 3/4 of one’s gross pay if married or with dependents, or 2/3 of one’s gross pay if single without dependents – may well find […] Read More …