Ships moored at any dock must by necessity face three questions: Where they are; What their next destination is; Why they are there and why they are going to their next destination point.
Life in general is like that — that indefatigable question always on the tip of a child’s tongue: The “where” question, which also always contains the subtext of the “why” question. Ever been on a car trip with a young child? How much longer; where are we; why is…? As adults, we become too engrossed in the busy-ness of our daily lives, and abandon the curiosity we once had. Exhausted, often feeling defeated, we are too tired to even care about where we are, let alone how we got there.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition such that the medical condition prevents the Federal or Postal worker from performing one or more of the essential elements of one’s job, the question of where we are may suddenly take on a prominence heretofore abandoned. Where we are — in terms of one’s ability to continue in the chosen career; in terms of one’s medical condition and its impact upon one’s essential job duties.
Contact a retirement lawyer who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement Law and consider the options available when prompted by the question, Where are we? — so that you can affirmatively know where we are.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Lawyer
OPM Disability Retirement, Et Cetera… 