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One of the running, central themes of a Federal Disability Retirement application should always be a clear explanation of how the medical condition affects the applicant’s ability to perform the essential elements of one’s job. The physician should first descriptively convey the impact of the symptoms and debilitating conditions, and then the applicant too, he or she should also explain the interconnection between her medical condition and the positional duties of her job.
I am often asked whether or not it is more difficult to get disability retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS based upon a psychiatric medical condition (e.g., PTSD, Major Depression, Anxiety, panic attacks, Bipolar Disorder, etc.). […] Read More …
Your Federal disability retirement application was well-prepared: perhaps it was prepared with the help of an attorney; the medical documentation seemed solidly unequivocal; the doctor made the necessary connections […] Read More …
Many people get confused when they first consult with an attorney about USPS or Federal Disability Retirement benefits. Indeed, before consulting with an attorney, an individual who […] Read More …
What I find when individuals have attempted to file on their own, and get it rejected, is the lack of preparing for the "long view." Many people hear stories about how "such and such" obtained a disability retirement […] Read More …
The importance of the “process” cannot be overstated in the filing of Federal Disability Retirement benefits. It is the “coordination” of all of the various elements involved: the Medical […] Read More …
As I often tell my clients in preparing a Federal Disability Retirement application: The “lynchpin of the application is the medical report”. Thus, it is important to speak to the doctor about the […] Read More …
I am often asked, on an initial interview/consultation of a potential client, whether or not psychiatric medical disabilities (Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, panic attacks, Bi-polar disorder, etc.) are “more difficult” to prove […] Read More …
This blog is written in response to a question posed: in the event that an individual is unable to have a medical report written by a treating physician for circumstances beyond […] Read More …
Summer is almost at an end. The Postal Service, through the auspices of the Office of Personnel Management, is offering Voluntary Early Retirement (VER). For many, this is a positive thing; the decision to take the VER should be a financial decision. An analysis comparing the monetary return should be made between what an employee Read More …
Of interest is what to do when a Social Security filing for disability benefits has been approved prior to the FERS/CSRS disability retirement application being approved. This is a rarity, and indeed, it should logically be that way: for Social Security disability requires a higher standard of (essentially) “total disability”; while the criteria for approval Read More …