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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. § 8453. Application
Title 5 - Part 3 - Chapter 84: Federal Employees' Retirement System
A claim may be allowed under this subchapter only if appli-
cation is filed with the Office before the employee or Member
is separated from the service or within 1 year thereafter.
This time limitation may be waived by the Office for an emplo-
yee or Member who, at the date of separation from service or
within 1 year thereafter, is mentally incompetent if the appli-
cation is filed with the Office within 1 year from the date of
restoration of the employee or Member to competency or the
appointment of a fiduciary, whichever is earlier.
(Added Pub. L. 99-335, title I, Sec. 101(a), June 6, 1986, 100
Stat. 568.)
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