Attig Law Firm P.L.L.C.

February 2011: The Attig Law Firm helped a client succeed in her application for disability retirement under FERS; the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has granted our client’s application for disability retirement.

The federal employee was a FERS employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) diagnosed with chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  Due to the sensitive nature of the Employee's conditions, and the events surrounding it, no further details will be provided.

The PTSD prevented the employee from performing her job, and she appleid for disability retirement from OPM in June 2010.  OPM denied the application in August 2010, and the Attig Law Firm requested reconsideration on behalf of the employee.  The employee was ultimately removed from IRS in February 2011 due to medical inability to perform the essential functions of her position, at which time OPM granted FERS disability retirement to the employee without the need to file an MSPB appeal.