It is easily argued that every case is “mixed,” which means that the topic must always consider case law and statutory requirements in addition to the facts of the case. This is especially true for Federal Disability Retirement applications, where the medical records must be interpreted.
Given these facts, it is all the more important to understand that in a case involving a Federal Disability Retirement, merely repeating the medical records does not settle any points of contention. In consistently rejecting the federal employee’s claim for Federal Disability Retirement, OPM disregards the applicable statutes or behaves like an authoritarian bureaucracy free from any legislative or judicial obligation of the controlling laws.
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Because the “medical specialists” at OPM are not lawyers, they are unaware of the significance and implications of the constantly expanding body of laws governing federal disability retirement. This is why the U.S. Office of Personnel Management frequently makes mistakes in its initial determination when denying a Federal Disability Retirement application.
This being the case, it is crucial to always reply with the force of the law when responding to an OPM denial of a Federal Disability Retirement application and to repeatedly remind OPM that their refusal to approve your case is not just a matter of analytical opinion; instead, it is a glaring and blatant violation of the laws that govern the issues about your Federal Disability Retirement application.
This is one area where a disability attorney can help. Disability lawyers know how to present a case in the most favorable light for their clients, from submitting the application to the hearing level and beyond. Your attorney can help you focus on the information that will be most persuasive to Social Security when submitting your initial application.
They can advise you on your “alleged onset date” of disability, make the case that your condition qualifies as one of the impairments listed in the “blue book” of impairments, and more. Your attorney can gather and submit pertinent medical evidence at the reconsideration and hearing levels, get your doctor’s opinion, draft a thorough brief to the Administrative Law Judge, and prepare you for questions at the hearing.
They will also collect helpful testimony from you during the hearing and may even cross-examine the vocational expert or medical expert to prove that you cannot work.
An attorney can also create complex legal arguments to demonstrate that Social Security incorrectly denied your case at the subsequent appeals stages at the Appeals Council and federal court.
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