FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: OWCP & OPM
The distinction between the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (OWCP) and Federal and Postal Disability Retirement benefits under either FERS or CSRS from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)...
View ArticleOPM Disability Retirement: The OWCP Intersection
Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS is oblivious and unconcerned with whether or not a particular medical condition occurred “on-the-job” or not. Rather, the focus is upon (A)...
View ArticleFederal Worker Disability Retirement: Work as the Causal Inception
In a claim filed with the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP), causality and whether it is work-related, occupationally related, etc., are issues which will inevitably arise, precisely...
View ArticleMedical Retirement for Disabled Federal Workers: OWCP & Federal Disability...
Whether or not one remains on Department of Labor, Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs (DOL/OWCP) benefits, of receiving Temporary Total Disability compensation, and for how long, should not be...
View ArticleFederal Disability Retirement: OWCP Independence & Instersection
When Federal and Postal employees call to inquiry about Federal Disability Retirement issues from the Office of Personnel Management, the initial part of the conversation often involves separating the...
View ArticleFederal Employee Medical Retirement: A Real-life Hypothetical
Assume the following hypothetical: A Federal or Postal employee who is 48 years old, with 25 years of Federal Service, engages in a type of work which is repetitive, day in and day out (yes, even this...
View ArticleOPM Disability Retirement: OWCP Doctors, and Others, Etc.
Can a doctor with whom one has been treating, but one which was obtained through the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, Department of Labor (FECA/DOL), Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (OWCP),...
View ArticleDisability Retirement for Federal Workers: Moving beyond the Stagnant Waters...
“Is it possible…” is an impossible question to answer. For, the conceptual distinction between that which is possible, as opposed to probable, is one which reveals the chasm between the world of...
View ArticleOWCP Disability Retirement for Federal Government Employees? Beware the Lull...
Monotony is a state of being which we often criticize, yet unintentionally seek; for it is that hiatus of quietude which allows for thoughtful reflection, and recuperative islands of serenity, which...
View ArticleOPM Medical Retirement Attorney: Formulating the Effective Case
Is it inherently presupposed that a case to be formulated is one which should be “effective”? By the insertion of that term, of course, it immediately implies a retrospective vantage point — an “ends”...
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