By Peter Casciano Disability Retirement for federal employees (FERS) can be reinstated under the right circumstances and if the claimant acts in a timely fashion. To figure out if your terminated disability retirement benefits can be re-started, you must first confirm...
By Peter Casciano Federal Employee Health Benefits premiums are set to jump 8.7% in 2023. What does that mean for Federal Disability Retirement applicants? On September 30, 2022, the Office of Personnel Management announced that there will be a price hike in premiums...
By Peter Casciano, Esq. It can be frustrating when the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) denies your application for disability retirement benefits. Fortunately, a denial is not the end of the road for your claim. Here are several steps that you should take in the...
by Peter Casciano, Attorney It may be counter-intuitive for some, but a successful disability retirement claim contains evidence that your job performance is suffering in some way. Said another way, your medical condition must be hindering your ability to do your job...
by Molly Friedman, Attorney Most federal employees are covered by the Federal Employee Retirement System, known as FERS. FERS-covered employees may qualify for disability retirement benefits if they can prove they are medically unable to do their job. Federal...
By Peter Casciano, Esq. When you went to medical school, I am sure you did not imagine the amount of paperwork you would be required to do daily as a doctor. As a hospitalist once told me, you went to medical school to save lives, not to do homework. And yet, the...
