Posted on March 29, 2008 by federallawyer
When an individual has attempted to obtain disability retirement under FERS or CSRS on his/her own, but has failed at both the initial stage as well as the Reconsideration Stage, while it is true that a Hearing before an Administrative Judge at the MSPB is to be heard de novo (meaning, heard “anew” and where [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by federallawyer
At each state of attempting to get a Federal disability retirement application approved, it is important to “remember the details”. For example, at the Merit Systems Protection Board level, in conducting a Hearing, remember that if the best medical evidence/testimony you are able to provide is through a health professional other than an “M.D.” (e.g., [...]
Filed under: OPM Disability Process - 3rd Stage: MSPB Stage, Professional & Expert Witnesses, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) | Tagged: chiropractor, disability laws for postal workers, disability retirement for postal clerks, established diagnostic criteria on mental conditions, federal disability lawyer, federal employee disability claims and therapist's reports, federal injured workers, filing for OPM disability retirement, generally accepted professional standards’, legal services for federal employees, letter carriers disability retirement, medical evidence from other health care specialists, mental health therapist, MSPB Administrative Judge (AJ), MSPB and OPM disability retirement, objective medical evidence for federal disability cases, OPM disability application tips, OPM disability application tips and strategies, OPM disability lawyer, OPM medical retirement, physical inability removal, physician's statements in an OPM disability case, state unique abilities of other health care providers, statements from nurses in federal disability compensation cases, the administrative judge and your doctor's testimony, the symptoms and the diagnosis in the narrative report, the testimony of a practitioner in a opm disability case, the Vanieken-Ryals case, unique credentials of the health care provider, Vanieken-Ryals v. Office of Personnel Management, workers comp distribution clerks, workers comp for letters carriers | Leave a Comment »
