Federal Disability Retirement: The Medical Condition and Fear
Fear is an emotion which is often overwhelming, uncontrollable, and yet an innate, inherent necessity for survival. It possesses a purposeful essence — it warns the human condition, […]
Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Fear is an emotion which is often overwhelming, uncontrollable, and yet an innate, inherent necessity for survival. It possesses a purposeful essence — it warns the human condition, […]
Around this time of year, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management sends out their Disability Earnings Survey to all Federal and Postal Disability Retirement Annuitants, to determine what […]
Often, there is a concern about medical conditions which one suffers from, which “predate” employment in the Federal Sector, or with the U.S. Postal Service. Such conditions are often identified […]
In a perfect world, any administrative determination — or any judicial, quasi-judicial or official analysis and evaluation of a “case” of any nature — should be governed by precepts and criteria […]
It is a single agency — the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and specifically the Disability, Reconsideration and Appeals Division — which makes the determination on all Federal and […]
In lectures and speeches, a “signpost” is a linguistic device used to reveal to the listener what direction the talk is about to take. In everyday life, there are similar signposts which one provides, […]
Obviously, with the Super Bowl upcoming this weekend, any references to the game itself, whether by forced analogy or metaphor, is nevertheless an appropriate one. I will play the politically safe […]
The problem of relying on “common sense” (as that term is often used and understood) is that such reliance not only reflects a presumption that one possesses that very quality that we […]
In preparing, formulating, and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the Office of Personnel Management, there is always the question of costs involved […]
There is, of course, the limited process of issues impacting a Federal Disability Retirement application, whether under FERS or CSRS — of the actual paperwork; of obtaining and completing […]