stateofdade

I've been 100% P&T for about 8 years now. That took forever. I currently work for the USPS, and I'll likely be FERS Retired by the end of the year. Perhaps sooner. My family has a standard of living, but I'm fairly sure that there's no way we're going to survive if I'm on FERS and end up getting SSDI. At least with FERS alone, I can get up to 80% of my past income working for myself. I'm trying to calculate everything out and I have a good idea of what FERS will give me every month. What I'm spotty on is the SSDI payments, dependent pay, etc... From what I'm reading online, it's all doom and gloom if you're put on SSDI along with the FERS. Does anyone have suggestions on what to do in order to get some work done without losing the FERS/SSDI, etc...? I feel quite clueless about the entire thing. I guess I'm also wondering if there's a way to get my wife signed on as a caregiver, since the retirement would be directly related to my disability from the VA. Just got a service dog related to the issue as well, so there's a positive note. Fire away with those questions, and I'll hopefully be able to answer clearly and coherently. Perhaps if a few of us put our heads together, I can figure a way out of this boondoggle.