Disability Retirement for Federal Workers: Managing the Differing Issues

There is always a distinction to be made between having various work-related issues pending, perhaps in various litigation stages, as distinguished from intermingling the issues in their various forums.  

As has been previously stated multiple times in the past, one has the legal right to make various claims and allegations in different legal forums, without the charge of contradicting one’s self.  There are various approaches to accomplishing this:  different narratives may be introduced in separate legal forums.  Yes, there may be a time when the cross-over occurs, as when statements filed in one forum may be discovered in the course of litigating in another forum.  

In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, however, it is important that the chosen narrative remains sanitized of certain issues — chief among them include work-related issues of harassment, “hostile workplace” allegations, and even too much focus and emphasis upon the workplace as the originating cause of the medical condition (if only because causality is not a necessary factor to be proven, and thus detracts from the essence of a Federal Disability Retirement claim).  

The hands may juggle as many balls as one can handle; just make sure that the juggling does not interfere with each other, as it is important to keep the issues separate and distinct.  Preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement should include a singular focus, and at the outset, one should decide which legal battle is the more important one for securing one’s economic future.

Sincerely,

Robert R. McGill, Esquire

Federal Disability Retirement: Return from Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a time of quiet reflection; of family, friends and faith; of taking a slice of quietude and having conversations, about the past, present; and somewhat about the future.  I realize that those who need legal assistance in filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS have important and weighty issues on their minds — of medical conditions which will not go away; of financial obligations; of Supervisors who are unsympathetic; of Agencies which will not or cannot accommodate; of impending personal improvement plans; of upcoming projects or workloads which may not be completed; of uncooperative agencies and downright mean coworkers; and the stresses of thinking about filing for federal disability retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, and the future and what it holds.  With Christmas and the “holidays” around the corner, it is often a time of greater stressors.  Remember that one avenue of relieving stress is to become informed.  Read up on what is out there, and ask questions.  The answers provided may be able to set aside some of the stressors.

Sincerely,

Robert R. McGill, Esquire