Last Updated on October 19, 2022 by FERS Disability Attorney
The waiting game is perhaps the most frustrating aspect of any endeavor; for, in the end, dependence upon a third party to act, when the other person, entity or agency, may in fact never act, merely increases the sense of frustration.
In a Federal or Postal Disability Retirement application, ultimately filed with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) or CSRS (Civil Service Retirement System — that grand old system which some were fortunate enough to squeeze into before the mid-80s when abolition and transition to FERS occurred), Federal and Postal employees will often think that they must “wait” for their agency to act, to perform some duty, to respond, to do something… when in fact waiting normally results in further non-action.
Since the preponderance of the evidence in proving a Federal Employee Disability Retirement case is solely upon the Federal or Postal worker who applies, it is rare that waiting for anything from one’s agency will bear any substantive fruit of any kind. While the disabling injuries or diseases continue to progressively worsen, one is left waiting; while time continues to march on, one is left waiting; and while resources get depleted, and more and more SL & AL is used up, the Federal worker is left with the proverbial empty bag.
No, there is ultimately nothing that needs to be waited upon in preparing a Federal or USPS Disability Retirement application. While dreams of the future are made with the stuff of patience, it rarely includes waiting upon an agency of the Federal Government to prepare one’s Federal Disability Retirement application. Better to go chase a cloud in the sky than to expect anything helpful.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
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