Last Updated on December 11, 2010 by FERS Disability Attorney
In a denial letter from the Office of Personnel Management for a Federal Disability Retirement application filed under FERS or CSRS (which, if received, a Federal or Postal employee must file a Request for Reconsideration within 30 days of the date of the denial letter), the connection between the reasonings given, and the conclusions arrived at, will often be missing.
Often, OPM will tangentially or in a cursory manner refer to various medical documents which were submitted with the original Federal Disability Retirement packet, or actually extrapolate a selective quote from a medical report or office note, and even make it appear as if a full and complete evaluation of the submission has been performed. Thereafter, a conclusory statement will be proposed, often with a logical pretext of: “Therefore, your application is denied.”
However, there is a vast difference between referring to various medical reports or statements, and evaluating such reports and statements in order to arrive at a proper legal conclusion based upon the evidence submitted. It is rare that the Office of Personnel Management engages in the proper evaluative process in determining whether or not a Federal or Postal worker’s Federal Disability Retirement application meets the applicable legal criteria. That said, such lack of evaluative and analytical process is legally required, and there must be a logical connection between the reasons given, and the conclusions reached. Such lack of engaging in the process must be pointed out, but it must be done in a “diplomatic” manner. Diplomacy is best engaged in by diplomats; similarly, legal issues are best tackled by lawyers.
Sincerely, Robert R. McGill, Esquire
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