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Federal Disability Retirement: Fate and fatalism

Posted onNovember 1, 2017AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

When people talk about “fate”, they must mean something more than what they actually state in an explanation. People often misspeak, of course, or explain with justification without much thought put into the narrative given. So, when a person says, for example, that “X happened,” and when asked why, the response is often, “Oh, it was just fate. It was meant to be.” What can that possibly mean? To say that X occurred because it was “fated”, or was “meant to be”, is no different than to say that an apple is a fruit because it’s not an orange; […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement from Federal Employment: Far-Flung Universes

Posted onSeptember 30, 2015AuthorFederal Disability Retirement Attorney2 Comments

Each generation tells a generic story reflective of the times; and thus did the Great Depression era produce movies and epics with undertones of escapism from the harsh realities of life; of the 60s, the fear of nuclear holocaust and the confrontation of the Cold War; of the following decade revealing the hesitation for technology and its pervasive intrusion into the privacy of our lives; and so on, so the anxiety, fear and loathing goes. […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement Attorney: Out to Pasture

Posted onJune 18, 2015AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

There is a natural proclivity by the previous generation to resist the transference of authority before its designated time; the conflict arises not as to the inevitability of such change, but rather as to the appropriate context, procedural mechanisms instituted, and the care and sensitivity manifested. And that is often the crux of the matter, is it not?
The brashness and lack of diplomacy and propriety; the insensitive nature of youth in trying to take over before paying one’s proper dues; […] Read More …

OPM Disability Retirement Lawyer: The Recurrent Nightmare

Posted onMarch 31, 2015AuthorFederal Disability Retirement AttorneyLeave a comment

Perhaps it is explicit, of images which repetitively beat the drum of constancy; or, sometimes, despite every effort, one cannot recall the harrowing particulars of a nighttime of eternity filled with dissipation of fear and loathing. Restorative sleep is lacking; whether from pain, nightmares or paralyzing panic attacks; and the medical designation of insomnia, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, or psychiatric conditions of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, intrusive nightmares; […] Read More …