Last Updated on June 7, 2010 by FERS Disability Attorney
Waiting for a decision to be rendered by the Office of Personnel Management for a submitted Federal Disability Retirement application, either at the Initial Stage of the Process, or after filing additional medical documentation and legal arguments at the Reconsideration Stage of the process, can be an agonizing time. It is easy to say, “Patience is the key“, when each day passes without a word. A call to the Office of Personnel Management will rarely yield any positive results. Yes, there are some supervisors and contacts which can be helpful in the process, but ultimately too much undue pressure can sometime backfire. Is there a statutorily mandated time-frame within which OPM must respond and make a decision? Normally, they will inform you that they try and make a decision within 90 days of whatever the beginning of the time-frame they ascribe, but it can take much longer. The key to the entire process is to survive the time of waiting, however long that may take. Survival is best endured if one recognizes at the beginning of the process, that this is one process which can take a long, long time.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
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