OPM Disability Retirement: What Ifs
“What Ifs” are hypotheticals which can paralyze a process. Often, such imaginary road blocks are pragmatic irrelevancies, and are better left alone. Others, one should affirmatively confront. […]
Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
“What Ifs” are hypotheticals which can paralyze a process. Often, such imaginary road blocks are pragmatic irrelevancies, and are better left alone. Others, one should affirmatively confront. […]
One of the potential drawbacks in pursuing collateral employment issues concomitantly with a Federal Disability Retirement application is that, as such employment issues are active […]
In preparing a Federal or Postal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, there are often multiple collateral issues which arise: Harassment issues; Unequal Treatment; EEOC issues; […]
The diagnosis of the medical condition in a Federal Disability Retirement case, either under FERS or CSRS, is merely the beginning point in preparing a case. As the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., […]
In obtaining a Federal Disability Retirement benefit under FERS or CSRS, once an approval is obtained from the Office of Personnel Management, back pay is supposed to go back […]
In a perfect world, each of us would make preparations to confront, engage in, and lay the foundations necessary for dealing in life’s eventualities, whether such events constitute emergencies, […]
Numbers, statistics and percentages rarely tell a complete story, especially in relation to a person’s medical condition. In Federal Disability Retirement applications under FERS or CSRS, […]
Labor Day is traditionally viewed as the end of summer, the entrance back into the routine of the work world, where the lazy days of camping, spending additional time with one’s family; […]
To the question, “What disabilities do you have?” or “What medical conditions do you suffer from?” — is often the answer, “I have reached MMI” or “I have been 20% permanently rated”, […]
The key to effectively using collateral sources of disability determinations in a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS is to tailor its relevance in each individual […]