Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: Waiting
It is summertime. The Office of Personnel Management continues to remain backlogged. The waiting time for approvals continues to be “longer than usual”, but the “usual” […] Read More …
endless waiting for the opm to process disability application
Federal Disability Retirement Benefits for Federal & Postal Employees: Waiting
Waiting for a decision to be rendered by the Office of Personnel Management for a submitted Federal Disability Retirement application, either at the Initial Stage of the Process, […] Read More …
FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: The Wait Seems Longer
For those waiting for their Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, pending before the Office of Personnel Management, the wait seems to be getting longer and longer. […] Read More …
FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: Continuing Patience
It is difficult to be patient. The Office of Personnel Management, in reviewing and evaluating each case, takes its time. One can attempt to “read into” each day, as to whether the longer […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: OPM and a Delicate Balance
The Office of Personnel Management, as a Federal Agency, always maintains a “public face” of stating that they welcome inquiries and telephone calls to check on the status of a pending […] Read More …
Federal Disability Retirement: Developing a Case
In most cases, the normal process of disability retirement for the First Stage of the process is anywhere from 6 – 8 months; some fall towards the 6-month range; some take longer […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement: The End Goal
The goal at the end of the process is to obtain that “approval” letter from the Office of Personnel Management. It resolves and sets aside the months of anxiety and stress compressed […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: The Time It Takes For the “Process”
Because it is a “process” as opposed to an application to obtain an automatic service, commodity or benefit, a Federal Disability Retirement application necessarily takes time. It takes time to properly prepare the application […] Read More …
CSRS & FERS Disability Disability Retirement: The “Process”
In my last writing, I briefly discussed why filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits is, and must be looked upon as, a “process” as opposed to a mere “filing” with an expectation of an […] Read More …
OPM Disability Retirement: Summer Waiting
I have written previously about the long and arduous waiting process & period in trying to obtain Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the Office of Personnel Management. Remember that, in your calculation in attempting to survive financially, economically, […] Read More …