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OPM Medical Retirement Law: The Time In-Between, Afterwards

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That time, as a historical event, is quite different from the retrospective vantage point of what we perceive today; and that is good to keep in mind. After the event itself, the followers were not waiting around for the next event; rather, they were likely scrambling to determine what to do next, as they had no foresight of the coming circumstances, and thus did not consider themselves to be “in-between” two major historical pillars awaiting the next condition for completion. […] Read More …

Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: The Shutdown

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It is always the unassuming worker who becomes impacted by the larger geopolitical decisions made by the power brokers of the world. While the short term impact of the current government shut down will apparently not interrupt the flow of disability pension checks, […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: The Looming Crisis

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Whether the Federal government temporarily shuts down, and for how long, is ultimately besides the point; the essence of the problem concerns the long-term viability of government operations, and the ability to sustain benefits promised, or to refine […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement: Tidbits

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The term itself is an interesting one; for, unlike its corollary, it refers to the “choice” or “pleasing” morsel of food, as opposed to “leftovers” or “crumbs”, which imply food which has either […] Read More …

Federal Employee Medical Retirement: The Key to a Case

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Often, when dignitaries or celebrities visit a particular city, they are recognized, applauded and sometimes “given the keys” to a city — metaphorically meaning that they are provided with certain […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Affirmative Proof

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It is a single agency — the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and specifically the Disability, Reconsideration and Appeals Division — which makes the determination on all Federal and […] Read More …

Federal Employee Medical Retirement: Agency Stubbornness

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The quality and characteristic of “stubbornness” encompasses a refusal to be persuaded by logic, reason, or any other similarly acceptable criteria of linguistic methodology normally […] Read More …

Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Affirmation, Communication & Support

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Once a Federal Disability Retirement application has been thoughtfully prepared, formulated and filed with the Office of Personnel Management, it is a long engagement in something similar […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: OPM’s Specific Denial II

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It is important to always “define”, “corner”, and “circumscribe” any denial from the Office of Personnel Management. If you do not, then what happens at the next level is that it becomes a “de novo” process. Now, one might argue that all disability retirement appeals to the Merit Systems […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement: The Case of Fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia is one of those medical conditions that the Office of Personnel Management systematically “targets” as a condition which is prima facie “suspect”. This is despite the fact that there are cases which implicitly “admonish” […] Read More …