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Federal Worker Disability Retirement: Relying on Common Sense
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02/03/2012 by Federal Lawyer
The problem of relying on "common sense" (as that term is often used and understood) is that such reliance not only reflects a presumption that one possesses that very quality that we deem [...] 
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Postal and Federal Disability Retirement: Relative Costs
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02/02/2012 by Federal Lawyer
In preparing, formulating, and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the Office of Personnel Management, there is always the question of costs involved -- of the time frame [...] 
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Federal Employee Medical Retirement: The Larger Process
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02/02/2012 by Federal Lawyer
There is, of course, the limited process of issues impacting a Federal Disability Retirement application, whether under FERS or CSRS -- of the actual paperwork; of obtaining and completing [...] 
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Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: When a Mistake is Made
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02/01/2012 by Federal Lawyer
Mistakes made in preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, are usually correctable, [...] 
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FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement for Federal and USPS Workers: As a Process
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01/30/2012 by Federal Lawyer
It is often a necessity to be reminded that the preparation, formulation, and ultimately the filing of a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, with the U.S. Office of Personnel [...] 
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Medical Retirement for Federal Workers: The Chance of Winning
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01/29/2012 by Federal Lawyer
To characterize the filing of a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS or CSRS, from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, in terms of the percentage chances [...] 
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OPM Disability Retirement: Additional Supporting Evidence
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01/28/2012 by Federal Lawyer
In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether under FERS or CSRS, there is nothing to preclude [...] 
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5 U.S.C. § 8337. Disability retirement (CSRS)
Title 5 - Part 3 - Chapter 83 - Retirement III: Civil Service Retirement
For the purpose of this subchapter:
(1) "employee" means--
(A) an employee as defined by section 2105 of this title;
(B) the Architect of the Capitol, an employee of the
Architect of the Capitol, and an employee of the Botanic
Garden;
(C) a Congressional employee as defined by section 2107 of
this title (other than the Architect of the Capitol, an
employee of the Architect of the Capitol, and an employee
of the Botanic Garden), after he gives notice in writing
to the official by whom he is paid of his desire to become
subject to this subchapter;
(D) a temporary Congressional employee appointed at an
annual rate of pay, after he gives notice in writing to the
official by whom he is paid of his desire to become subject
to this subchapter;
(E) a United States Commissioner whose total pay for
services performed as Commissioner is not less than $3,000
in each of the last 3 consecutive calendar years ending after
December 31, 1954;
(F) an individual employed by a county committee established
under section 590h(b) of title 16;
(G) an individual first employed by the government of the
District of Columbia before October 1, 1987;
(H) an individual employed by Gallaudet College;
(I) an individual appointed to a position on the office
staff of a former President under section 1(b) of the Act of
August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838);
(J) an alien (i) who was previously employed by the
Government, (ii) who is employed full time by a foreign
government for the purpose of protecting or furthering the
interests of the United States during an interruption of
diplomatic or consular relations, and (iii) for whose ser-
vices reimbursement is made to the foreign government by the
United States;
(K) an individual appointed to a position on the office
staff of a former President, or a former Vice President under
section 4 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as
amended (78 Stat. 153), who immediately before the date of such
appointment was an employee as defined under any other
subparagraph of this paragraph; and
(L) an employee described in section 2105(c) who has made an
election under section 8347(q)(1) to remain covered under this
subchapter;
This section has been summarized to the most relevant section only. For the full text of 5 U.S.C. § 8451. Disability retirement, please visit US Code Home Page § 8451.
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