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.
MSPB Attorney at the Attig Law Firm provides a brief analysis of an MSPB Decision, Suggs v. Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs. That case deals with mitigation of the penalty of removal for disrespectful conduct to a 30-day suspension.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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