CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Beware the Layman
Federal employee attorneys create and manufacture a parallel universe of statutory interpretation, legal argumentation, case-law citations, and extrapolations from esoteric provisions in arguing the...
View ArticleCSRS & FERS Disability Disability Retirement: The "Process"
In my last writing, I briefly discussed why filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits is, and must be looked upon as, a “process” as opposed to a mere “filing” with an expectation of an...
View ArticleFederal and Postal Disability Retirement: Argument, Persuasion & Logic
Filing an application for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, either by a Postal employee or a non-Postal, Federal employee, is an administrative process which “requests” that a...
View ArticleMedical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: OWCP Disability
Periodically, a telephone call will begin with the statement that the Federal or Postal worker has been on “Disability” for the past _____ years. The first question that must be asked is, “Are you...
View ArticleFederal and Postal Disability Retirement: Objectivity & Legal Arguments
Having written about the importance of maintaining a level of objectivity in preparing, formulating and submitting a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, and further, about the...
View ArticleMedical Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: Legal Criteria
There is “The Law” — the originating, statutory authority which is passed by Congress — then, the compendium of the entirety of the legal arena, which includes decisions handed down by Administrative...
View ArticleDisability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: OPM and the 7-Part...
In any denial of a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, the Office of Personnel Management incessantly refers to their 7-part criteria of eligibility, in making their...
View ArticlePostal and Federal Disability Retirement: The Ties that Bind
Often, the Federal or Postal employee who is contemplating filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, is involved in, or considering such...
View ArticleMedical Retirement Benefits for US Government Employees: The Narrative of...
Often, when one has been embroiled in a prolonged battle with another person, an organization, agency, etc., the embattled state itself takes on a life of its own, and decisions which should be based...
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