deciding what medical documentation is relevant to your opm claim

The Balance of Relevance during the Preparation and Filing of an OPM Disability Retirement Application

Posted onOctober 24, 2014AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Extraneous information is somewhat determined by the eye of the beholder; outsiders tend to view things differently from those who hold greater and more intimate knowledge through interconnected and intersecting relationships; and implied understandings, furtive glances and knowing stares, coupled with a wan smile, are often indicative of an intramural web of knowledge. Looking to move into a neighborhood, one may drive through an area and see the pristine cut of well-manicured lawns, […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Searching for the Proper Balance

Posted onJune 25, 2014October 17, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

Herbal tinctures have become popular in recent times, as primary reliance upon pharmacological solutions characterized by the paradigm of traditional medicine has resulted in explosions of naturopathic alternatives. But the proper balance and admixture of alcohol […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Effective Negations

Posted onFebruary 4, 2014January 30, 2023AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Why is it that some words are known primarily by their negation? For example, we use the word “unfettered” to convey the meaning of freedom and release, but rarely see the usage of its non-negative form, as in, “He is fettered”. […] Read More …

Federal Gov. and USPS Disability Retirement: Information Overload

Posted onFebruary 3, 2014AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney6 Comments

Before we even became comfortable with the assignation of the term, “information age”, we were informed that we have already entered into the “post information age”; one has no idea where one stands today because of the lightning speed of our times. Whether human nature […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: The Volume-based Application

Posted onJanuary 20, 2014October 11, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

A declaration of the sheer volume of medical evidence submitted is often an indicator of the basis for which a Federal Disability Retirement application was formulated; for, in the end, if reliance of the successful outcome of a Federal Disability Retirement application […] Read More …

Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: Relevance & the Intended Audience

Posted onSeptember 17, 2013AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney2 Comments

Relevance within the context of a particular subject can branch out into parallel areas of substantive issues; thus, it may be “relevant” that in Set-X, subset a,b,c…w be included in the discussion of the primary issue. But relevance may not be the proper criteria to apply; […] Read More …

Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: The Balance of Information

Posted onJuly 9, 2013AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

In every submission of documentary evidence for a Federal Disability Retirement application, whether under FERS or CSRS, there is the need for discretionary decision-making. Not every piece of information is relevant or necessary; volume of attachments […] Read More …