Federal Disability Retirement: Can work-related stress be the basis for a...
If you suffer from work-related stress, can you claim disability retirement from OPM? The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has repeatedly held that job-related stress resulting in physical or...
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The title of this post has been appearing in recent emails and contacts to our Firm with increasing frequency. In the opinion of this author, it is the wrong question to be asking. The reason I say...
View ArticleFederal Disability Retirement: The collective effect of multiple medical...
It often happens that Federal employees and postal workers applying for federal disability retirement will mention only their most severe condition to OPM in the application process. While the...
View ArticleFederal Disability Retirement: OPM must consider the “whole” medical situation.
If someone told you that this was their list of medical conditions what would you think, as a layperson, of their chances for getting federal disability retirement: Diabetes, congestive heart failure,...
View ArticleDisability Retirement: Can obesity form the basis for an application for...
The subject of today’s post is whether obesity, or morbid obesity, might qualify you for FERS or CSRS Disability retirement through OPM. Obesity is a well-recognized medical condition. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleFederal Disability Retirement: What medical conditions can the MSPB consider...
A recent Initial Decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) reminds us of a key tenet in filing disability retirement applications. When you file your application for disability retirement...
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