FERS | CSRS & Individual Disability Benefits

Sending FERS/CSRS Documents To OPM

Posted by Editor On January 8, 2010 In News

Sending documents properly may sound simple, but if by accident or an act of God your disability application and medical documentation are lost, you could lose any chance of receiving the benefits you need. Recently, several of our FERS clients [...] Read More

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DB Disability Law Ledger™ – January 2010

Posted by Editor On January 4, 2010 In Disability Law Ledger

FERS/CSRS Disability Primer Introduction Federal Employees and Civil Service Employees who are struggling to work with a serious illness or injury may be entitled to Disability Benefits under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) or the Civil Service Retirement System [...] Read More

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Occupational Injuries & Illnesses

Posted by Editor On January 4, 2010 In News

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent data, in 2008 there were 3,696,100 recorded cases of non-fatal injuries and illnesses in private industry. This figure is down 305,900 cases from 2007. Of course, employment is down from [...] Read More

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Unions Throw Down The Health Care Gauntlet

Posted by Editor On December 17, 2009 In News

December 17, 2009 In response to the never-ending health care debate and particularly in response to the Democrats’ apparent compromise with Joe Lieberman (I-CT), AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued a statement: “For this health care bill to be worthy of [...] Read More

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DB Disability Ledger™ -December 2009

Posted by Editor On December 15, 2009 In Disability Law Ledger

WHEN INSURANCE CARRIER SURVEILLANCE RUNS AMOK Possibly one of the most well known and intimidating methods used by insurance carriers to “disprove” the legitimacy of disability claims is video surveillance. In fact, the image of a “private-eye” type of insurance [...] Read More

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DB Disability Law Ledger™ – November 2009

Posted by Editor On November 11, 2009 In Disability Law Ledger

CONTINUATION OF YOUR FERS DISABILITY ANNUITY Federal employees, here’s something you should be aware of. Even after your disability claim has been approved, and after you have been receiving your disability retirement annuity, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) still [...] Read More

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DB Disability Law Ledger™ – October 2009

Posted by Editor On October 23, 2009 In Disability Law Ledger

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR UNPAID LEAVE IS OVER? In instances where people become ill or are injured and require a long recovery, they often are unaware of how much time is coming to them. New York is an at will [...] Read More

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DB Disability Law Ledger™ – September 2009

Posted by Editor On September 18, 2009 In Disability Law Ledger

FERS ISSUE Postal Employees Are Not Immune To This Recession The Postal Service’s $2.8 billion loss last year is the subject of many articles and much publicity, and the reason the agency now is offering up to 30,000 postal employees [...] Read More

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DB Disability Law Ledger™ – August 2009

Posted by Editor On August 19, 2009 In Disability Law Ledger

What You Should Know About Business Overhead Policies According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately one in five Americans will experience a disability that prevents them from working for at least six months. 30% of workers between the ages of [...] Read More

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For Immediate Release . . .

Posted by Editor On July 1, 2009 In News

Court Upholds Plaintiff’s Claim For Damages Due To Deceptive Practices Against Mass. Casualty And DMS Hauppauge, NY . . . In an unusual decision, the Court denied defendents’ Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company (“Mass Casualty”) and Disability Management Services, Inc. (“DMS”) [...] Read More

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