Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Invisible demarcation lines exist within each area of law, and if one envisions each such area of law somewhat like circles in a Venn Diagram, one can picture an overlap (sometimes quite significant) […]
In filing a Federal Disability Retirement application with the Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS or CSRS, one must file within one (1) year of being “separated from service”. […]
The Office of Personnel Management will sometimes make the following fallacious argument: “Because your medical condition appears to have preexisted the time of your Federal Service, […]
As the old adage goes, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. The Bruner Presumption is one of those legal tools which is often misunderstood and misapplied. The legal presumption […]
Information is interesting. But not all interesting information is useful. And, further, not all information, even if interesting and (potentially) useful, is accurate. […]
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has already addressed the issue of the Office of Personnel Management’s unjustified adherence to making a distinction between “objective medical evidence” […]
Often, in preparing, formulating and filing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, there is the concern that because a particular medical condition has had a “chronic” […]
The Weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal published an informative article entitled, “The Puzzle of Chronic Fatigue”. For Federal and Postal employees who are considering filing […]
Representation by an attorney who is licensed in one state, of a Federal or Postal employee who lives in another state, is accomplished in a Federal Disability Retirement application […]
Is the weekend merely the intervening time in which to recuperate from your chronic medical conditions in order to drag yourself into work? Is Friday the day which “releases” […]