sorting out the real reasons for denial when the opm denial letter is long

OPM Disability Retirement: Unequivocal Doesn’t Mean That One Is “Right”

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In a denial letter from the Office of Personnel Management, the Claims Specialist/Representative will often make statements in confident, unequivocal terms. “You have not…” […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement: An Additional Problem with Answering an OPM Denial

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Spring and summer are finally upon us; the warmth of the sun finally brings some hope that the multiple series of snowstorms may be finally behind us (now that I have said it, […] Read More …

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: Responding to the Template Approach

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While the Office of Personnel Management issues template approvals and denials, what must the individual applicant who receives such a template denial, do? Obviously, it cannot […] Read More …

Federal Disability Retirement: OPM’s Detailed Denial

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Neither length nor detail constitutes legitimacy. The spectrum of the types and styles of denial letters issued by the Office of Personnel Management in Federal Disability Retirement cases under FERS & CSRS range from a short […] Read More …