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OPM Disability Retirement: The Responsibility of the Office of Personnel Management

Perhaps it is an anomaly to even speak about the issue of “the responsibility” of the Office of Personnel Management — at least, from the general consensus of experiences as told by… more →

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OPM Disability Retirement: The Responsibility of the Office of Personnel Management — 2 comments

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: Perhaps it is an anomaly to even speak about the issue of “the responsibility” of the Of … more →

Tags: Important Cases, Legal Updates and/or the Current Proce, Reflections, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), OPM Disability Actors - The OPM Representatives, federal medical retirement, OPM disability application tips, filing for OPM disability retirement, OPM Initial Stage in federal disability, pragmatic methodology

OPM Disability Retirement: The Merit Systems Protection Board

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: An appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board in a Federal Disability Retirement case means that t … more →

Tags: U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), The Job of a Federal Disability Attorney, OPM Disability Process - 3rd Stage: MSPB Stage, OPM Disability Actors - The OPM Representatives, OPM Disability Actors - The MSPB Administrative Judge, MSPB and OPM disability retirement, appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board, Merit Systems Protection Board and OPM disability, OPM Reconsideration Stage

CSRS & FERS Disability: End of Year

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: The New Year is upcoming. For those who are anxiously awaiting a decision on their Federal Disabilit … more →

Tags: OPM Disability Application, OPM disability retirement, FERS disability retirement, post office disability, FERS Disability, federal employees disability, disability retirement at the USPS, Medical Conditions, meeting an appeal deadline

Federal Disability Retirement: Thanksgiving

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: This year has seen a tremendous amount of changes: a seeming meltdown of the economy; a coming chang … more →

Tags: Reflections, federal employee disability, getting OPM disability benefits, earned income concept in OPM disability, health insurance benefits, OPM disability in a tough economy, The economy and federal disability retirement, restoring your health with a job you can do, USPS disability retirement benefits

OPM Disability Retirement: The Physician II

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: This blog is written in response to a question posed: in the event that an individual is unable to h … more →

Tags: OPM Disability Actors - The Doctor, civil service disability, USPS Disability, federal government disability, OPM disability application tips and strategies, physician's statements in an OPM disability case, essential elements of jobs, federal workers comp, getting OPM disability benefits

CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Other Stories of Success — 1 comment

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: There are obviously many, many pitfalls in the attempt to obtain disability retirement benefits from … more →

Tags: Post Application Issues, Reflections, The Job of a Federal Disability Attorney, Evaluation Of Your OPM Disability Claim – How Do I Kn, USPS Disability, post office disability, OPM disability application tips, fers medical retirement, disability retirement with the federal government

Patience During the FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement Process

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: It is now post-Labor Day Weekend. Summer is essentially over. The Office of Personnel Management wil … more →

Tags: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), OPM Disability Process, OPM Disability Actors - The Applicant, federal employee disability, OPM disability application tips, federal disability lawyer, fers medical retirement, OPM disability lawyer, OPM First Stage Disability Application

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: What It Means to Have the "Burden of Proof"

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: Remember that the applicant who is requesting disability retirement benefits from the Office of Pers … more →

Tags: Burden of proof, Clarifications of Laws or Rules, OPM Disability Actors - The Applicant, Federal Disability Judge-Made Decisions Quoted, OPM disability retirement, FERS disability retirement, postal service disability, USPS disability retirement, Disability retirement

Federal OPM Disability Retirement: Preexisting Conditions — 1 comment

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: There is still some confusion with respect to the relevance of preexisting medical conditions, or me … more →

Tags: Advantages of Federal Disability Retirement, Clarifications of Laws or Rules, limited duty in the Post Office, civil service disability retirement, disability retirement opm, federal workers comp, non job related injures or illnesses, injured federal employee, ill federal employee

Federal OPM Disability Retirement: Notifying the Agency

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 4 years ago: Fervent loyalty by the Federal and Postal Employee to want to work for as long as possible, and to d … more →

Tags: OPM Disability Application, OPM Disability Actors - The Agency, OPM Disability Actors - The Applicant, OPM disability retirement, civil service disability, OPM disability application tips, federal disability lawyer, postal service disability, fers medical retirement

OPM Disability Retirement: The Very First Step — 1 comment

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 5 years ago: Federal and Postal employees often get a bad rap; yet, what I find in all cases, without exception, … more →

Tags: Pre- Application Considerations, mental condition in OPM disability, civil service disability, OPM disability application tips, USPS disability retirement, filing for OPM disability retirement, Light Duty, limited duty, essential elements of jobs

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: OPM's Methodology II

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 5 years ago: When the Office of Personnel Management approves an OPM disability retirement application, as I stat … more →

Tags: Post Application Issues, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), When The OPM Application Is Approved, federal medical retirement, post office disability, fers medical retirement, postal service employee advocate, USPS disability retirement, federal injured workers

FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: OPM's Methodology — 4 comments

Federal Disability Attorney wrote 5 years ago: When the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approves a federal disability retirement application, … more →

Tags: Post Application Issues, OPM Medical Questionnaire, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), When The OPM Application Is Approved, OPM disability retirement, CSRS disability retirement, FERS disability retirement, mental condition in OPM disability, federal medical retirement


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