Federal Employee Medical Retirement: Situational Disability
In filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, one must always attempt to shy away from any characterization which might portray one’s medical condition as […]
Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Health conditions that are specifically confined to a specific situation in a specific Federal workplace environment. It can include, for example, (i) a psychiatric condition that is perpetuated by a particular Postal supervisor in a hostile working environment or (ii) a case of chemical sensibility which only affects a Federal employee in a very specific industrial environment.
In filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, one must always attempt to shy away from any characterization which might portray one’s medical condition as […]
Remember that there is nothing wrong with issues and events in the workplace being the originating factor which instigates or otherwise propels a medical condition — often […]
In a Worker’s Comp (DOL/OWCP/FECA) case, causation and causality often loom as significant issues, and doctors often have to walk a difficult line in making unequivocal statements […]
In filing for FERS or CSRS Federal Disability Retirement benefits with the Office of Personnel Management, it is important to stay away from issues which may explicitly or implicitly […]
When a Federal or Postal employee is considering filing for Federal Disability retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, there are many and varying conflicting responses, wrapped and […]
To reiterate: Situational disability can be an issue which can defeat a disability retirement application, precisely because OPM (and if […]
The danger of falling into the trap of situational disability, which is one of a number of reasons for denying […]