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FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: Chekhov's Short Story, "Old Age"

Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

Anton Chekhov is perhaps the singular master of the genre known as the "short story", and it is owing to his background as a physician that he possessed the insight and sensitivity to be able to capture the plight of the human condition, with all of its suffering, loss of hope, and emotional turmoil, through cruelty, disregard, unforeseen circumstances, and unintended pathways to disaster.  In his short story, "Old Age," there is the point where one of the two old... Read More

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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: Sounds Good

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

There are various stages of the administrative process designated and defined as "Federal Disability Retirement" -- the initial application stage of the process, where one must attempt to prove by a preponderance of the evidence ... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: The Myth of Sisyphus

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

Albert Camus' classic essay, "The Myth of Sisyphus", involving the Greek mythological figure who was condemned by the gods to perform a meaningless task in repetitive perpetuity, is appropriate as a metaphor for the Federal or Postal employee who is contemplating filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits, whether under FERS or... Read More

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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: Pain, Anxiety & Exacerbation

Monday, May 21, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

Medical conditions tend to "feed upon" one another.  Maintaining a balanced perspective on anything is difficult when one is in pain, and the nagging, incessant presence of pain, diffuse and radiating, extending to areas and points of the body ... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: Hope versus Pragmatic Assessment

Saturday, May 19, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

Hope is a peculiarly human characteristic; it is both a motivator and an incentive; yet, an unrealistic embracing of it, without reality-based assessments, can lead to a frail sense of overwhelming despondency.  Hope is the substantive element ... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: Where to Begin

Friday, May 18, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

One is often asked the question, "Where do I begin"?  It is the question of pervasive immediacy, combining both exasperation at a process too complicated to comprehend and requiring a sense of urgency because of the importance attached... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: OPM's Methodological Application

Thursday, May 17, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

Since prior to the time of Plato's Dialogues, the questions distinguishing between "appearance" and "reality" have pervaded Western philosophical thought, and through that tradition, to the common culture we inhabit.  What a person, entity,... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: Medical Support, Belief, Documentation and the Diagnosis

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

Ultimately, in preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, one must always remind one's self that this is a "paper presentation" (regardless of the prevailing... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: The Necessity of the Legal Argument

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

Disparate facts, placed in the same vicinity, aggregated in order to formulate a composite of conceptual constructs, can provide to the recipient information concerning a specific issue, resolution of a problem, perspective on a viewpoint, etc. ... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law

FERS & CSRS Federal Disability Retirement from the Office of Personnel Management: The Only Real Standard

Monday, May 14, 2012 by Robert R. McGill

In legal parlance, there are various and multitudinous "standards" -- of proof; of evidence; of law, etc.  Some have higher, more stringent requirements; others are considered fairly de minimis, and can be satisfied with sufficiently targeted evidence.... Read More
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Topic: Administrative Law
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