This entry lists the specific forms a FERS or CSRS federal employee is required to submit to their employing Agency and/or the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in an application for disability retirement.
MSPB Attorney Chris Attig discusses what a Federal Agency must prove to remove an employee for medical inability to perform the functions of a job.
MSPB Attorney at the Attig Law Firm describes the three situations where a Federal Employee might be suspended indefinitely.
Veterans Benefits Attorney Chris Attig discusses the Firm’s recent victory on behalf of a U.S. Veteran who has fought for 8 years (so far) in his claim for Veterans disability compensation.
Veterans Disability Compensation Attorney describes a benefit known as TDIU – Total Disability Individual Unemployability – that is available to Veterans who are less than 100% disabled but cannot work due to a service-connected injury.
Can you use medical evidence, developed after your separation from civil service, to establish entitlement to disability retirement? A Federal Circuit decision says yes. In Reilly v. Office of Personnel Management, 571 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir 2009), the Federal Circuit Court held that post-separation medical evidence can be probative of whether the appellant became disabled while serving in a FERS or CSRS position “[w]here proximity in time, lay testimony, or some other evidence provides the requisite link to the [...]
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