FERS Disability: a well-prepared fers medical claim

Federal & Postal Disability Retirement: Systematic Preparation

January 15, 2019

Can a project be well-prepared if there is no “system” in place? Do we trust, for example, a construction firm who goes about their business without a blueprint? If you ask of the firm, “Well, can we see some examples?” or “Can you provide a rendition of what kind of a house you plan on building?” — what would you think if the answer came back with: “Oh, don’t worry, it will have a roof, a couple of bedrooms and a kitchen.” Is that a satisfactory answer? […]

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: Pretending

May 27, 2015

It is the creative imagination which ultimately separates man from his counterpart; and, in the end, those costumes we display, and wear as vestiges of who we were, what we have become, and how we want others to appreciate us — in the aggregate, they reveal either our pretending selves, or at the very least, our pretentiousness. For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who have a medical condition, such that the medical condition necessitates filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset, the extension from childhood through adulthood is best personified in the ability and capacity to “pretend” […]

OPM Disability Retirement: The Chasm Between the “Process” and the End-Product

May 26, 2015

One is often forewarned that, if you want to continue retaining certain foods and delectable delights of culinary desires, you should refrain from taking a tour of the manner, means and methodology of manufacturing the medium of modality. The “process” of attaining a final product is, in many instances, quite different from the “end product” displayed and delivered for public viewing. The latter constitutes all of the hard work, effort and refinements contained beneath and within the invisible undercoating which comprises the historical context […]

OPM Disability Law: The Fatigue of Profundity & Requirement of Repetition

April 23, 2015

Profundity is overvalued. With the advent of the internet and information technology, the widespread dissemination of seemingly esoteric array of knowledge and know-how (yes, there is a distinction with a difference between the two), everyone is vying for the heard voice, and the break-out from the herd. One becomes easily fatigued by seemingly deep insights, or “new” data and facts upon otherwise mundane concerns. […]

OPM Disability Retirement: The Three Little Pigs

October 30, 2014

We are all familiar with the fable of the anthropomorphic three little pigs and the materials used in building their respective houses. The point of the story itself, however, concerns not the elements used, but the craftsmanship employed, and the effort expended, which reveals the underlying values and provides for fertile fodder in teaching the importance of hard work, careful application and sufficient preparatory labor in securing one’s future. […]