It is not an accident that most people are unable to accurately assess or evaluate themselves, their circumstances or the road forward. Look at Plato and his magnum opus — The Republic. Therein lies the hoax of unfettered hubris — of the declaration of who should be the ruler and king? None other than the Philosopher — or, more humbly put, Plato himself.
Are we the best judge of ourselves? All of us have a tendency towards seeing ourselves in greater or lesser degrees which fails to reflect reality. To compound the problem, we also rarely appreciate criticism or outside evaluations which do not comport with our own self-assessment. Yet, in most serious circumstances, that is precisely what is needed — an objective accounting of a given situation; the alternatives available or potentially open; the solutions possible; the road forward.
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 Federal or Postal job, the need to file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is a given; but the assessment in the strength of a case, what is needed to bolster the chances of winning against OPM and the requirements to meet the legal criteria — those issues should be handled by a competent disability attorney who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement Law.
For, as the patient as well as the Disability Retirement Applicant, you will likely misjudge yourself because you believe that your medical condition — by which you suffer so much — should automatically qualify you. However, that is not how OPM sees it.
Contact an attorney who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement Law and avoid the pitfall of misjudging yourself, and allow the Federal Disability Retirement Lawyer make the crucial assessment and evaluation of your case.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill
FERS Disability Attorney
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