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Don't know whether to scratch my watch or wind my butt! So much I have to find out, starting with...am I P & T???

If so I will need an ID card for the PX and a dental appointment.

I will e-mail my ODVA guy and see what he can tell me and keep returning here to see what advice y'all can provide from experience.

I work at one of the post offices that is listed to be closed. It hasn't been a good time for a guy with PTSD! I am wondering what this means for retirement. I am initially eligible in 2 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 1 day - my 56th birthday. They will not concede that I am eligible for disability retirement, I can still do the job, but I think the noise at work has contributed to my continued hearing loss- OSHA certified but maybe healthy ears are less prone to the damage.

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Num,

Congrats on your award, welcome to the ranks.

I have a question though........who told you that you are not qualified for disability retirement? If it is the PO, pay them no mind......OPM decides this, now based on the fact that you are now 100%.......I will bet some fiat that OPM will approve your application, this is the same bet when you were at 90%.

You do not need to prove that your are 100% ( though thats moot here ), you just need to show that you can't preform the job you were hired to do.

You might be able to do some things without a problem, yet I bet there are also things you can not do, or at least without difficulty.

My local office was closed........massive amounts of people were shifted 68 miles away. I got a flood of calls from those trying to hang on for all these years, only to realize they are aboard a sinking ship and now want off.

There is life after the PO.....it is much less stressful, and will open more opportunity than you can imagine.

Do yourself a favor.....buy some gold and silver! The printing presses are in overdrive.

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OPM is the easiest type of disability to get. It is much easier than SSD or VA. If you are 100% from the VA there is no way OPM would deny your disability. You have to get the right forms and have a doctor fill in the parts that are for medical. I got SSD, OPM and VA. I just aged out of the FERS offset for SSD. You are probably CSRS so SSD may not matter to you. If you are FERS you can get SSD and OPM. If the USPS continues to give you trouble file for workers compensation.

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OPM is the easiest type of disability to get. It is much easier than SSD or VA. If you are 100% from the VA there is no way OPM would deny your disability. You have to get the right forms and have a doctor fill in the parts that are for medical. I got SSD, OPM and VA. I just aged out of the FERS offset for SSD. You are probably CSRS so SSD may not matter to you. If you are FERS you can get SSD and OPM. If the USPS continues to give you trouble file for workers compensation.

John

John..........how did that offset workout? Just wondering if it was as I was told and read or were ther some hidden lines in the mix?

Do yourself a favor.....buy some gold and silver! The printing presses are in overdrive.

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I have documentation on the way that I am P & T! Also info on ID cards for the wife and I. I have an appt. with my ODVA guy tomorrow morning.

Time to start learning about stuff like champva and insurance and such before the clock ticks out on anything.

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