Last Updated on March 23, 2015 by Federal Disability Lawyer
Always remember that Federal Disability Retirement under FERS or CSRS must be looked at for “the long term”. Even after one obtains and secures the benefits under Federal Disability Retirement (annuity, health insurance, etc.), one must always be vigilant in protecting the benefit — for you can always be selected randomly to answer a Medical Questionnaire. I often tell my clients after securing an approval for his or her Federal Disability Retirement benefits, that now that you have it, you will never lose it unless you are “stupid”. By “stupid”, I do not mean that it is impossible to lose it; only that you must be either recklessly careless, or thoughtless, in losing the benefit.
There are different ways of losing the benefits received under Federal Disability Retirement: the two most commons ways are — making more than the allowable 80% of what your former job currently pays or failing to properly answer the Medical Questionnaire. The former needs constant and careful planning when you get a job; the latter requires that you carefully monitor the answers provided by your treating doctor. Whichever the case may be, it is important to take any correspondence received from the Office of Personnel Management seriously — whether before, during, or after the process of obtaining Federal Disability Retirement under FERS or CSRS.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Esquire
My Human Resource Office plans are to remove me from the Federal Government if I apply for Disability. They will present poor performance gathered over 1 1/2 years of work and 4 different supervisors, each with different requirements or methodologies pertaining to work format. Management objective is to remove me after 33 years of excellent rates and services.
I need help, I plan to retire in June of this year,yes, I have a disability,with expensive medical records, and still under doctors care for my disability; currently the organization is well knowledgeable of my disability yet, management is pushing me out the door without agreeing to my request. Do I need to seek an attorney?
Are questionnaires sent to the doctor, or to the annuitant, if they are sent out? Does one get service credit if terminated on disability under age 62? For example, I have 19 years and 4 months of service when I went out on disability at 53 years of age. If I saw multiple doctors, when I qualified, Do I have to keep seeing all of those doctors or just the ones my doctor recommends best for my treatment? My primary prescribes most of my medications.