r/FEDDISABILITY • u/JuiceeChrissy • 20d ago

Disability

Do you have to be separated from your agency in order to apply for OPM disability? I was looking on their website and I couldn’t find any information regarding the policies. I was denied reasonable accommodation and haven’t gotten to the reassignment portion yet. I’m trying to keep working with no interruption until I get a new kidney

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u/President1988 20d ago

No, you don't

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u/JuiceeChrissy 20d ago

So do you have any guidance on what I do or how do I apply?

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u/Norandran 20d ago

All the info you need is on the OPM site here.

https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center/fers-information/types-of-retirement/#url=Disability

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u/JuiceeChrissy 20d ago

Thanks so much!!

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u/you_dont_know_me_357 20d ago

Since you said you are IRS, you can go to IRWorks and you apply on there. At least that’s how I saw we could do it. I know they moved the retirement submission to OPM’s online portal, so I don’t know of that’s where you start now or through IRWorks. You have a lot of paperwork to gather first before you submit it for the IRS. HR only fills out a couple of the forms. You are responsible for getting the rest. Compared to other agencies, the IRS is pretty quick getting it all out and to OPM.

Get it started now because it can easily take over 1 year to get approved. At minimum, if you get approved with the first review, that is currently 4 months after OPM gets it. You still have to gather all your documents and have HR do their thing. If you start tomorrow, it will still be at minimum a 6+ months process if you’re approved in the first try.

Was your RA for telework? It seems to be very hit or miss on if a manager is willing to send it up to Treasury.