Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: The Price One Pays
One hears the familiar refrain: trying to “game” the system; taking handouts; being on the government’s dole; and multiple similar allegations and assumptions. Perhaps there are […]
Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
One hears the familiar refrain: trying to “game” the system; taking handouts; being on the government’s dole; and multiple similar allegations and assumptions. Perhaps there are […]
The paradigm and general assumption of those who are not suffering from a chronic medical condition, especially of a psychiatric component — whether of severe Major Depression, […]
It has often been stated that, when an individual possesses the power to do X, there falls upon the individual the concomitant need to exercise such power with responsibility. […]
Americans are often looked upon as short-sighted. Lacking historical longevity, both in terms of an enduring civilization as well as culture, the economic, mercantile (some would say ‘mercenary’), […]
One can readily discern a template-based letter; it attempts to appear as if the denial is tailored to the particular set of circumstances and unique medical submissions of the Federal or Postal […]
The ability to negotiate an advantageous settlement of an issue is dependent not merely upon the possession of leverage, but upon the effective use of that leverage. Such effective usage […]
This is a proof-based process. It is not merely a matter of completing some forms and meeting procedural guidelines in order to obtain a benefit; rather, it is an administrative process […]
“But I am on OWCP,” the caller insists. “But that wasn’t the question. The question is, are you still on the rolls of the agency?” “But OWCP has been paying me for the last 2 years and…” […]
How one views a case often determines the approach which is undertaken. Thus, if the belief is that preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits is merely […]
There is often, and inevitably (it would appear), collateral work issues which appear in parallel form, along with the impact of a medical condition upon a Federal or Postal worker. […]