One day after losing disability pay, she started collecting retirement too
DC worker collected disability and retirement benefits for years. Nobody noticed - until they did.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled on October 8, 2026, that a long-serving DC Department of Corrections employee could not receive temporary total disability (TTD) benefits and federal retirement payments at the same time. The court vacated a lower review board’s ruling and reinstated the agency’s order suspending the worker’s disability benefits.
The worker was hired by the DC Department of Corrections on November 20, 1972. In June 1993, she suffered an emotional breakdown following what the court described as “extended on the job harassment and retaliatory treatment.” She began receiving TTD and medical benefits under the District’s workers’ compensation program, established under the Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act (CMPA).
In May 2006, the District cut her TTD benefits over an alleged failure to comply with vocational rehabilitation. One day later, she applied for federal retirement benefits through the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) - available to her because she was hired before the September 30, 1987, cutoff for District employees grandfathered into the federal system.
She also appealed the TTD termination. She won. Her disability benefits came back. But she kept collecting the retirement payments too.
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