Federal Employee Medical Retirement: Keeping it Simple
Simplicity merely covers the complexity behind the beauty of the uncomplicated. Indeed, one only has to look upon an Apple product, or a modern automobile, to recognize the underlying […]
Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Simplicity merely covers the complexity behind the beauty of the uncomplicated. Indeed, one only has to look upon an Apple product, or a modern automobile, to recognize the underlying […]
When a denial is received at the first stage of a Federal Disability Retirement application process, the initial, reactive response is often one of two avenues, both of which are the wrong […]
In a denial letter from the Office of Personnel Management, the Claims Specialist/Representative will often make statements in confident, unequivocal terms. “You have not…” […]
Spring and summer are finally upon us; the warmth of the sun finally brings some hope that the multiple series of snowstorms may be finally behind us (now that I have said it, […]
I often wonder how many unrepresented disability retirement applicants there are who, having received a denial letter at the First Stage of the process of filing for Federal Disability Retirement […]
It may sound harsh; it may even sound “mean”; but I often tell my potential clients that I am not their therapist, doctor, or empathy-advisor. I am their attorney. When advising people […]
When a Federal Disability Retirement applicant under FERS or CSRS receives an unfavorable response from the Office of Personnel Management (translated: an initial Denial), you have the right […]
Neither length nor detail constitutes legitimacy. The spectrum of the types and styles of denial letters issued by the Office of Personnel Management in Federal Disability Retirement cases under FERS & CSRS range from a short […]