Attorney Chris Attig, an attorney handling Federal Disability Retirement applications and VA Disability Compensation, reports on a recent MSPB Decision that may give some Veterans who were denied Federal Employee Disability Retirement an opportunity to reopen their appeal.

Attorney Chris Attig, a former soldier and lawyer representing U.S. Veterans in their claims for Veterans Disability Compensation benefits, discusses some of the ways that the VA can – and cannot – reduce a Veteran’s disability compensation benefits.

Federal and Postal Disability Retirement attorney Chris Attig explains when and how an applicant for disability retirement can recover his or her attorney fees from OPM.

Chris Attig, an MSPB and Federal Disability Retirement attorney with the Attig Law Firm, explains what evidence is needed to prove mental incompetence was the reason for a late-filed application for Federal Disability Retirement.

Veterans seeking disability compensation benefits from the VA for Diabetes have multiple ways to prove that their Diabetes is service-connected. Attig Law Firm attorney Chris Attig, a Veteran’s Disability Compensation Benefits attorney, summarizes the top 4 methods to service connect diabetes.

The Federal employee or postal worker applying for  FERS or CSRS federal disability retirement has thirty (30) days from receipt of the  OPM reconsideration to file an  MSPB appeal challenging  OPM’s denial of  federal disability retirement Benefits.

Often, the federal employee or postal worker who cannot or has not hired an attorney runs the risk of missing this deadline if their medical condition worsens and hospitalizes them.  Now, the  MSPB loves it deadlines, and will find any missed deadline as good enough reason [...]

Veteran Benefits Attorney Chris Attig discusses the VA’s plan to automate its Agent Orange claims process.

Can absence, alone, be enough to qualify a Postal or Federal Employee for  FERS or CSRS disability retirement through OPM?

Generally, no.  In many situations, a Postal worker or Federal employee’s medical condition is so severe that they cannot even attempt the attendance required of them.  In this cases, the employee’s absence from work due to a medical condition will be a factor in deciding whether the federal disability retirement applicant is eligible for  disability retirement benefits. However, there will usually need to [...]

Assuming that a postal worker or federal employee meets all the basic eligibility  requirements for FERS or CSRS federal disability retirement, they will have to persuade the  MSPB Administrative Judge  that their medical condition renders them unable to provide useful and efficient government service.

How exactly do you persuade the  MSPB of this?  There are five (5) ways a USPS or Federal employee can use evidence to persuade the  MSPB Administrative Judge that his or her medical condition is sufficiently disabling [...]

By far, the most common question that applicants for  FERS or CSRS disability retirement ask the  Attig Law Firm is whether and when a federal employee or postal worker should hire an attorney.  There is no easy answer to this question.  No case or situation is the same, so there is no way that any attorney can give you a “standard” answer to this question.  Here is the general guidance that we give to postal workers or federal employees who [...]