the human story behind the federal disability application

OPM Medical Retirement Lawyer: Acrylic Acrimonies

Posted onNovember 28, 2014AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

It usually refers to paints, but is technically an acid used to form polymers, and may be mixed in order to manufacture compound elements for plastic and other synthetic products. The second part of the short alliteration refers to the bitterness which develops when failure, or a perceived failure, begins to gnaw at the edges of sanity. The slow, incremental, eating away at a life of accomplishment and productivity, can come when once the self-discipline of setting insurmountable parameters has been ignored or otherwise untended. Bitterness is a state of regret, reserved for old men and furies left uncontrolled. […]

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Postal and Federal Medical Retirement: The Concealment of Emoticons

Posted onNovember 18, 2014March 9, 2021AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

They replace the true face of humanity. Pasted with a quick tap of a computer keyboard, they allegedly represent the state of emotional being of a person, at a given time, within a granted context, in the course of an interplay accomplished in diatribes of virtual reality. Contrast such antiseptic encounters with the profound agony felt in Anton Chekhov’s short story, “Grief” (or sometimes otherwise entitled, “Misery”), and one begins to comprehend the depths of distancing depravity that people have fallen to in an attempt to bifurcate humanity from personal contact. […]

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FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: Expectations

Posted onDecember 28, 2013December 18, 2020AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Puppies are special creatures. They give their loyalty and love unconditionally, and only ask to explore the world we present within the constraints we define. They are expected to grow old with us; and when they die young, it is a tragedy beyond comprehension. […] Read More …

Federal Gov. and USPS Disability Retirement: The Story Genre

Posted onNovember 15, 2013AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

There is quite obviously a human need to relate the narrative; of one’s community events, tragedies and triumphs; from the days of cave paintings to rote retelling of the group’s identity and character of historical form and content, the telling of one’s story is, and remains, […] Read More …

Federal Employee Medical Retirement: The Emotional Quotient

Posted onSeptember 18, 2013July 22, 2022AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney1 Comment

To “walk in another person’s shoes” is a sentiment which attempts to foster empathy for the plight of another. We tend to believe that if the “other person” had an understanding of the entirety of one’s circumstances, that there would awaken an altered perspective. […] Read More …

CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: The Narrative & the Audience

Posted onJuly 6, 2013AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney5 Comments

Anton Chekhov’s short story, “Grief”, is often accompanied by a subtitle, variously interpreted as, “To whom shall I share my grief?” It is both about the need inherent in human nature to tell one’s story of grief, as well as the cold, unreceptive world which has no time […] Read More …

the human story behind the federal disability application

OPM Medical Retirement Lawyer: Acrylic Acrimonies

Postal and Federal Medical Retirement: The Concealment of Emoticons

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: Expectations

Federal Gov. and USPS Disability Retirement: The Story Genre

Federal Employee Medical Retirement: The Emotional Quotient

CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: The Narrative & the Audience

Federal Disability Retirement: The Runt of the Litter

OPM Disability Retirement: The Human Element & Application of the Law

Medical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: The World of Language Games

Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: The Unique Story