CSRS & FERS Medical Disability Retirement: OPM & SSDI
In filing an application for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System), the applicant must file for Social Security disability benefits (SSDI) sometime...
View ArticleOPM Disability Retirement: The Three Pockets
In discussing Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, it is important to keep in mind the conceptual distinction between the three “pockets” of compensatory programs or resources...
View ArticleDisability Retirement for Federal Workers: The Benefit Needs No Apology
A Federal Disability Retirement annuity under FERS or CSRS allows one to receive an annuity because the Federal or Postal employee is no longer able to perform one or more of the essential elements of...
View ArticleMedical Retirement for Federal Workers: SSDI Considerations
In preparing, formulating and filing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS (CSRS is exempted), one must at some point — at the time of approval or anytime prior to — file for Social...
View ArticleMedical Retirement for Federal Workers: Erroneous Information and Its Impact
A number of recent telephone calls clearly reveal that the abundance of erroneous information “out there” or disseminated by Union officials, Human Resource personnel, agency personnel, supervisors,...
View ArticleDisability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: FERS & SSDI Offset
This information has been concurrently posted on the “forum” concerning FERS & CSRS Disability Retirement, because it is a pending issue which may impact many (former) Federal and Postal employees...
View ArticleDisability Retirement for Federal Workers: SSDI Impact
In preparing, formulating and filing a Federal Disability Retirement application under FERS (CSRS individuals are exempted for this particular issue), the Federal or Postal employee who is...
View ArticleFederal Employee Medical Retirement: FERS & SSDI Offset
In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS, an additional component must be satisfied (CSRS is exempted): filing for Social Security Disability...
View ArticleDisability Retirement for Federal Government Employees: Different Pockets
There is often a confusion over different pockets and their intersecting relations — of SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance with the Social Security Administration); OWCP administered under the...
View ArticleFERS/SSDI Offsets: Major Precedent-setting Case
For those FERS Disability Retirement annuitants who are/were concurrently receiving SSDI benefits, and have gone out to earn more income — there is good news. In the past, if you exceeded the...
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