The Office of Personnel Management essentially renders both approvals and denials of a Federal Disability Retirement application with a “template” approach .
” Accommodation ” is a legal term of art.
In filing an application for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, there are many questions that are posed for the person who is just being introduced to the concept of potentially filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, and many of the sub-topical concepts are often “counter-intuitive”.
For a lawyer , it is indeed the “lost cause” which is the most challenging of cases.
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I recently wrote an article on FedSmith.com concerning the legal process of filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, and a reader posted a comment implying and suggesting a lack of understanding about a benefit which would allow for payment of 40% of the average of one’s highest three consecutive years, and in addition, to allow for that annuitant to make up to 80% of what the former federal position currently pays.
By all accounts, the amount of snow which has hit the D.C. & surrounding metropolitan area constitutes a record amount.
Many times, I will put on a case at the Merit Systems Protection Board, and because of the strength of the case, the Representative from the Office of Personnel Management (right now, because of a shortage of personnel, there are only 4 at the MSPB level) will reverse course and grant the disability retirement before the Administrative Judge renders a decision on the case.
Most doctors are unfamiliar with the process of obtaining Federal Disability Retirement under FERS or CSRS , but are more often than not familiar with the process, procedures, and correlative headaches associated with Worker’s Comp benefits .
The medical condition known as “Fibromyalgia” is analogous to the manner in which Federal and Postal employees approach the decision-making process in filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS & CSRS.