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OPM Disability Retirement: Explicit versus Implicit

Posted onAugust 28, 2015AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

The former leaves no room for confusion or doubt; the latter, a bit of “wiggle room” where insinuations, hints and suggestive openings are characteristic invitations of open regards. They are not mutually exclusive within a paragraph or even a sentence; they are, however, antonyms, and should be used with context-defined relevance. For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who are filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, […] Read More …

Federal Disability Retirement Attorney: Qualia & First Person Attribution of Mental States

Posted onOctober 11, 2014AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Private, subjective mental states are unique by self-definition; they become public knowledge only when shared with deliberate intent, revealing the inner thoughts, private conceptual pondering, and narrative voices of the subjective “I”. Pain is similar in form, in that one can mask and keep private the experiential factor of pain, just as one can remain hidden in the private thoughts one engages. Qualia, in philosophy, has to do with the subjective experience of one’s encounter with the greater world; […] Read More …

Federal and Postal Disability Retirement: A Reminder of Sorts

Posted onFebruary 27, 2014November 10, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

Pain is a reminder of sorts; but then, so are alarm clocks, speed bumps and the presence of law enforcement personnel. All around us, through signs, advertisements, smart phone apps, and sticky notes which we write to ourselves, we are surrounded by reminders. […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Pain and the Fallacy of Objectivity

Posted onMay 20, 2013AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Pain by definition is “subjective”, if by it one means that the experiential verification of the condition is uniquely possessed by the “I”, or the subject of the experience. By contrast, that which is deemed “objective” is presumably validated by more than the […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement: Explicit versus Implicit

Federal Disability Retirement Attorney: Qualia & First Person Attribution of Mental States

Federal and Postal Disability Retirement: A Reminder of Sorts

Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Pain and the Fallacy of Objectivity

The Applicant’s Statement of Disability Examples: Writing about Medical Conditions

Federal Disability Retirement: Those Chronic Medical Conditions

Back Pain and Disability Retirement for Federal Workers

Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: Chronic Pain

OPM Disability Retirement: The Right Timing