Why do we chop and stack wood months before winter’s first blade of frost? Why are drunk drivers arrested before they have committed any crime? Why do we purchase life or health insurance before the contingent event has occurred, potentially throwing away hundreds of thousands of dollars on a bet which we will likely never win?
Are such actions engaged out of fear, or out of anticipatory logic based upon a rational thought process of, “What if?” Do species aside from our own engage in anticipatory actions?
The dog who anticipates his master’s return home at the same time each day; the birds who come each season to the gardener who fills the feeder in the springtime of bursting growth; the geese who fly south; the butterflies that travel the seasonal changes — are they any less “logical” than our supposed “higher-level” reasonings?
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who are beginning to prepare an effective OPM Disability Retirement application in anticipation of what will ultimately result from an ongoing, deteriorating medical condition, the arguments proffered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management are often along the lines of: But you aren’t there, yet. Your agency says that you have been doing a great job — look at your past performance ratings! Yes, but….
Contact an OPM Disability Retirement Lawyer to discuss how to rebut those argument which OPM makes in anticipation of…
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill,
Lawyer exclusively representing Federal and Postal employees to secure their Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
OPM Disability Retirement, Et Cetera… 