Last Updated on November 9, 2022 by FERS Disability Attorney
There is a sadness necessarily attached to such an award: It is an acknowledgement that a person’s worth has come to an end. A life’s end is recognized when such an award is granted, and no one believes that anything further will be attained. It is a dismissive award — a pinning of a goodby to the lapel of one’s mortality and an applause that soon fades because of achievements recognized and easily forgotten.
No one says of the recipient of such an award, “Boy, but does she have such potential!” Rather, it is the very awarding of it which is the indicator that: The curtain is closing; the rocking chair is there in the corner; it is time to let others in the door; and, your time has passed.
What can it possibly mean for a person to accept such an award? How can others determine the achievement within a span of a lifetime, and can it ever be rescinded? What if, upon receipt of such an award, a person turns around and commits a heinous crime — do we then walk out of the ceremony shaking our heads and whisper to one another, “Well, he would have achieved it but for….”? Isn’t that always the party-pooper conclusion, when we say of this or that: Except for; but for; if only…?
It is like saying that X was a great president except for Y, or that such-and-such was the best leader but for this-and-that. To receive or be offered the “lifetime achievement award” is to declare the end of one’s life; to refuse it, is to embrace life and one’s future.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who believe that filing for Federal Disability Retirement means that it is an “end” to something — somewhat akin to receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award — such a thought should be reconsidered.
Filing for FERS Disability Retirement is not an end, but a mere beginning: It allows the Federal or Postal employee to focus upon one’s health, and then to consider another vocation or career in the private sector by allowing him or her to make up to 80% of what one earned in the Federal sector, and continue to receive a disability retirement annuity.
Consult with an attorney who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement Law to “get the facts”, lest you become embroiled in the fallacy that Federal Disability Retirement is tantamount to receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
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