Federal Disability Retirement: Bruner Presumption
By Chris Attig | PermalinkAugust 4th in Federal Disability Retirement, General Federal Employment Law Posts.
After reading a couple recent MSPB decisions, I thought it might be helpful to briefly address a less than well-known case in MSPB jurisprudence – the Bruner presumption. Bruner v. Office of Personnel Management, 996 F.2d 290 (Fed.Cir.1993).
When a Federal agency removes an employee for “medical inability to perform the essential functions of the job”, that employee is presumed to be eligible for disability retirement upon timely application to OPM.
Now, [...]
