GETTING FIRED CAN BE A BLESSING
Summary: Your Chance Of Winning Disability Retirement Is Substantially Increased If You Are Fired By Your Agency For Your Medical Inability To Perform Your Job Duties.

DOCTORS WHO WON'T HELP
Summary: OPM Often Denies Disability Retirement To Applicants With Otherwise Legitimate Cases, Because Of The Failure Of Doctors To Provide Adequate Medical Documentation.

ILLEGAL OPM DECISION-MAKING
Summary: OPM Often Illegally Decides Disability Retirement Cases, Ignoring Relevant Evidence Favorable To Applicants While Ferreting Out Irrelevant Information, Hoping To Discredit Them.

INVENTING THE LAW AT OPM
Summary: OPM Disability Specialists Sometimes Invent Law That Doesn’t Exist. The Bogus Law, Is Then Used As Justification To Deny Disability Retirement.

WORTHLESS PHYSICIAN'S' STATEMENTS
Summary: A Physician's Statements Not Meeting The Criteria Of A Reasoned Medical Opinion May Cost Your Case

HOW TO PROD DOCTORS INTO ACTION
Summary: If Your Doctor Fails To Provide Requested Medical Documentation, You Had Better Speak Up, Or Risk Losing Your Case.

DON'T HIDE YOUR MEDICAL CONDITION FROM YOUR AGENCY
Summary: Employees Who Hide Their Medical Condition From Their Agency Diminish Their Chances Of Winning Since The Employing Agency Cannot Certify Reassignment & Accommodation Efforts to OPM.

COLLECTING OWCP BENEFITS DOES NOT EXTEND OPM's FILING DEADLINE
Summary: Disabled Employees Separated From Federal Service, Should Immediately Apply For Disability Retirement Even If Still Receiving OWCP Benefits.

COLLECTING MULTIPLE BENEFITS
Summary: Collecting VA Benefits, Does Not Preclude You From Simultaneously Collecting OPM Disability Retirement Benefits.

ADA DOES NOT CONTROL OPM DISABILITY RETIREMENT
Summary: Supreme Court's Recent Decision Denying Non-Government Employee ADA Protection Does Not Impact OPM Disability Retirement Cases.