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Lawyer Representation for Federal Disability Applications: “Too busy to…”

Posted onAugust 10, 2017April 30, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

It is the accent and the inflection upon a syllable that sometimes makes all the difference. Take the following examples: “I am too busy to…” “I am too busy, too.” The extra consonant in the last word makes all the difference; for, in the former statement, if it is stated in response to a call for help, it dismisses the request by informing the other person that one is simply unable to offer any assistance. In the latter response, the subtlety of the answer should not be overlooked. […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: The implication of ‘finding happiness’

Posted onMay 6, 2016October 28, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

Human beings live in a duality of universes; within the linear historicity of an objective world, daily unfolding with encounters with physical objects and other beings, comprised of interactions both superficial and intimate, combined with utilization of inanimate constructs for daily living; then, there is the insular universe of a parallel phenomena, where we are subsumed by a conceptual menagerie of language, numbers, extrapolated forms of ideas and strings of thought processes; and how we coordinate and intersect the two determines the success or failure of who we are, how we thrive and to what teleological end we pursue. […] Read More …

OPM Medical Retirement: Of possessions and possessives

Posted onApril 14, 2016December 25, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Does a noun transformed into a possessive form transfer deed of title, or is it merely a declarative mechanism of grammatical ascription, de-linked from any fact in reality? If a person points to an individual in a photograph and states with certainty, “That is Edna’s sister in-law, the fourth cousin of King James III” — and thus implying some relationship with royalty and a connection to a very narrow uniqueness of historical lineage — does actual possession occur… ? […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement Pension Annuity: Today, life is good…

Posted onMarch 28, 2016AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

It is the set of 3 periods at the end of the sentence, identified in grammatical terms as an ellipses, allowing for a trailing thought or a hesitation of motive, and here which differentiates from a singular finality of a period postulated to prevent a purposive punctuality of partition from a postscript. If the last two periods were extracted and deleted, the delineation would connote a declarative assertion, unhesitant in conclusion, and confident in execution. With those two additions, it implies and denotes hesitancy, a pause leaving the impression of loss or lack of confidence, and unable to determine the cogency of opinion formulated but for the ellipses. […] Read More …

FERS Disability Retirement Attorney: Incantations of Modernity

Posted onMarch 21, 2016March 29, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Each generation believes itself to be the pinnacle of knowledge, wisdom, evolutionary apex and sophistication of fashion, open-mindedness and technological brilliance. All previous generations are either mere residue of antiquity, caught in a dust-bowl of stale sentiment or stuck in a muddle of disproven superstition. Yet, within the deep psyche of individuals, as opposed to the collective mentality of the herd, […] Read More …