It may not seem so at the time. Often, during encounters, we consider them as threats, annoyances, “the world is unfair” muses, and would rather avoid them and get on with the routine of our lives.
We hear people talk about “challenges” and “journeys”, and we scoff at such language games and euphemisms as being mere facades behind which lay the true nature of existence: fear, loathing and a greater sense of bitterness. Why me?
Medical conditions are, indeed, challenging; and whether you characterize them as “another journey”, a bother, one of “life’s challenges” or a greater annoyance which cannot be avoided — it is an existential reality which must be faced.
In facing one of life’s challenges, it is a good idea for the Federal or Postal employee who must consider filing for Federal Disability Retirement under FERS to consult with a OPM Disability lawyer who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement Law, lest the annoyance and one of life’s challenges turns out to be somewhat more than that — a disaster that could have been avoided.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
OPM Disability Retirement, Et Cetera… 