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FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: Back-Pay
Remember to not spite yourself, especially when it comes to financial considerations. If your medical disability is forcing you to take excessive LWOP, it might be better to go “cold turkey” and stay...
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OPM Disability Retirement: Clarification of Issues for FERS & CSRS Employees
In moderating the Martindale-Hubbell Message Board for Federal Disability Retirement Issues, two areas of law need clarification for those out there contemplating filing for Federal Disability...
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FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement: Additional Issues Concerning Resignation
An federal agency has a legitimate concern with respect to the work that is not being performed while a person is either out on sick leave or on leave without pay as a result of a medical condition. On...
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OPM Disability Retirement: Can the Agency Accommodate You?
The term “accommodations” continues to be a highly misused one. There is the general conceptual application, as when an agency attempts to do something to help a Federal or Postal employee by...
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CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Use of Medical Reports
People often ask me whether or not a certain type of medical report should or should not be used. As with almost all such questions, the answer is, “It Depends”. On what? On the content; in the...
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OPM Disability Retirement: Social Security Disability
Under the rules concerning FERS disability retirement applications, one must file for Social Security Disability. As most people already know, there is an interaction/offset between Social Security...
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CSRS & FERS Disability Retirement: Indicators
If your weekends are spent for the purpose of recuperating just so that you can have the energy, strength, mental acuity, and sustained focus and attention to go back to work on Monday, then it is an...
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Medical Retirement Benefits for Federal & Postal Employees: Reminder...
So, how does one determine whether or not it is prudent to go out on LWOP completely, while awaiting for the decision on one’s application for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or...
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CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: The Agency, FMLA and LWOP
Because filing for Federal Disability Retirement is a process which may take 6 – 8 months, and sometimes longer, there is always the question of what the Agency will do during this time. Of course, a...
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Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: Back Pay
In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, it is important to focus upon the first of the three — preparing. Preparation often involves...
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