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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

FERS OPM Medical Retirement: Calm's Appearance - Labor and Employment Legal Blogs Posted by Robert R. McGill | Lawyers.com - Lawyers.com Blog

There is much angst in this society. The old saying, “The calm before the storm” — but, more aptly, the appearance of calm before the storm. For, beneath the surface of society’s semblance of seeming silence and serenity, there is widespread unrest, and a fury which bellows remorsefully. Like the birds singing a moment before, but with a trepidation as the tectonic shifts beneath the earth groaning in anticipation of the reverberations of the coming earthquake which shatters and crumbles, society’s growing anxiety crawls along like caterpillars inching unknowingly towards the mouth of an awaiting frog; and when capillaries of angst await the crushing footsteps of disasters foreboding, we deny that which is obvious to most and fleeting to some: Something is just not right. What does it mean when calm’s appearance has a twitching eye? Or when the facial smile just doesn’t quite match the anxious window to the soul? Calm’s appearance can fool some; but, even in the act of fooling, there comes a time when the nervous laughter reveals the internal casting of an askew glance elsewhere. For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition such that the medical condition no longer allows you to maintain calm’s appearance, the alternative is not just to panic and go off the deep end; rather, it is best to retain some semblance of calm, and to contact an attorney who specializes in Federal Disability Retirement Law. For, in the end, what is the choice?...



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