Postal Service Disability Retirement Application Process
What the OIG Found
The Postal Service is effective in processing retirement disability applications and submitting them to OPM in time to meet its informal timeliness goals; however, as of September 30, 2017, there were 1,195 employees who had been waiting over six months for an application decision from OPM. Of those employees, 398 had been waiting for a decision for over a year. We statistically sampled 94 of the 398 applications submitted by these employees. The Postal Service processed 95 percent (89 of 94 cases) of disability retirement applications in time to meet its informal goals.
Postal Service Human Resource management meets with OPM monthly to discuss various human resources issues, including the status of disability retirement applications. According to Postal Service management, OPM does not always provide sufficient information regarding disability retirement application status, nor does it always notify the Postal Service of application decisions.
When disability retirement decisions are not rendered timely, there can be an adverse impact on the employee, including loss of income and loss of health and life insurance benefits. Of the 94 applications we reviewed, 20 employees had been in leave without pay status for more than one year and had their health and life insurance benefits lapse. Additionally, the Postal Service cannot hire new employees to backfill positions occupied by employees in a leave without pay status while waiting for an application determination.
Remember the extensive information required for the USPS application? The disability application is that and then some.
It is your responsibility to follow each step, gathering all of the information for that step, and packaging your details in an organized manner.
When you are injured or ill this can be difficult. Just take your time, review it 2-3 times and ask someone to review your application.
As one who went thru this program. I would highly recommend that you speak with
Robert R MC Gill. He really cuts to the chase . I don’t know what that is legal that is
fast, or simple. What the 130000 it took 10 years for the one that started that case.
Good luck.
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Is any of this a great surprise?
Tonald Drump wants to reduce the Federal workforce, which includes OPM. Good luck getting any retirement processed. By the way, instead of spending taxpayer dollars to enrich himself and his worthless family, Tonald Drump should spend some money automating the retirement process.