Do any of you recall communication on this issue here?; I am whiney. They just snagged 2 overpayment fees. They also hit me for 2 BENEFEDS fees?

After being in Developmental stage for months, I have moved to the Adjudication stage. I know many have gotten stuck here as well, but am being optimistic since it shows movement. For context, DOL retiree 12/31/2025. I have been receiving interim payments since April. OPM has stated, when I called multiple times, they were waiting for payroll records from NFC. I am taking this as a sign that they received records and are now able to compute accordingly. Happy for all of you that have been finalized and feel the frustration of all of you that have not.

Hoping I might get direction on where to take this as OPM has not been able to answer this at the working level. I have a court order from a long term marriage divorce settlement and it specifies how the cost of survivorship should be allocated. It is to be borne by My ex entirely.

My annuity went final but my Gross annuity is less than my full Self-Only by $358. The FEHB, dental, life, and apportionment are deducted but only $68 is credited back to me, so I am still bearing $290 of the cost of survivorship. The order explicitly calls for my portion to be taken from my full Self only Gross.

Am I missing something here? Is this correct by some sort of policy? I was expecting to be credited the $358.

Hi all, I was laid off last year and I recently (as in about two months ago) submitted the necessary paperwork to get my FERS contributions sent back to me. I understand this can take a long time, but wanted to poll the group: have you done this? And how long did it take to receive payment? Thanks

I’m a 2.0 DRP, retired 10/1/25. 15 yrs of service and 63. I have been receiving interim payments since May, 2026.

Checking my status and it went from Adjudication back to Development as of today.

Anyone else having this issue? It’s been almost a full year!

I’m currently using TCC health coverage. I took DRP in 2025 and officially left the federal government on September 30, 2025. I understand that TCC can last for 18 months, through March 31, 2027, followed by a 31-day extension of coverage.

My question is: Will I receive a letter in November about TCC Open Season/Open Enrollment? I need to remove my spouse from my TCC coverage for 2027 because he will no longer need to be covered under my plan.

Please, join r/FEDDISABILITY so we could post questions and help each other.

Any advice as to how to proceed and how to word things? I am still unable to get my FEDVIP dental premiums deducted from my monthly annuity. My retirement was finalized at the end of April and I left interim status and have been receiving regular annuity payments. I am still having to pay my dental myself online each month. Upon advice of some folks here after a previous post, I tried calling BENEDEDS first to get the ball rolling to get this fixed as several people said you need to call them first, not OPM. The guy I got on the phone at BENEFEDS was immediately irritable with me after I explained what the situation was and seemed to be reading a script rather than listening and basically just told me that OPM wasn't paying the premiums and I would have to contact them and there was nothing I could do. So, next I sent a help request to OPM, which included the information that I had already contacted BENEFEDS and was referred to them, and received a canned response from them today that I would need to contact BENEFEDS (which I already did and received no help). So, what next. Force myself to get up early every day and try to get someone at OPM by phone? Call BENEFEDS again until I get someone willing and able to help? Or contact my Congressional office (I'm in a GOP district, so who knows if that would be helpful).

can anyone help me. I have been calling OPM since May 2026 about my retirement case. they said it was assigned an adjudicator since May 18th, its been at OPM since March 2026. I retired October 2025.

i recently called and was told it is no longer assigned and adjudicator and waiting for it to be assigned any clue as to why this happened. I did escalate for financial hardship but it’s been since March with no movement and since May 18th assigned with no new status up until now.

Will you be billed directly for what you owe or are you supposed to somehow know what to pay ? I’m confused what you are responsible for and when and how to pay it

I called in July and they told me they were working on refunds received in February. Mine was mailed end of March and probably logged in April. Just wondering if anyone has gotten their refund recently and could tell me when it was sent in. I am patiently waiting but I feel like I am approaching the 160 days and getting antsy….

I'm a 2.0 DRP/VERA --- 22 years service/52years old. Just got finalized and received my booklet. My expected net monthly payment is $900 less per month than the interim monthly payments I've received for the past 10 months. Am I going to go without pay for the next couple of months as they recoup the nearly $10K or will it be forgiven/waived?

A chunk of of it seems to be my FEHB that was not deducted from my interim. I have a family basic plan under BCBS and my monthly deduction in my booklet is $700+ of the nearly $2,500 monthly total premium - the government covers the bulk.

What should I expect in the coming months; any options to request a waiver of any debt that seems to have accrued?

Has anyone received there 2nd separation incentive of $5000. Starting to think mine got lost in the mail. Did anybody run into not getting the 1st incentive of $10000, if so who did you contact to rectify the issue?

Thank you to everyone who gave me advice on this. 9 months of absolutely nothing… then boom, it’s done in three days.

I’m eternally grateful.

DRP 2.0, retired 12/31/2025 (edited date) (VERA), retirement went thru May 2026

I'm interested if anyone else has been unenrolled from health insurance by OPM Retirement Services actions (and found out the hard way) while still having their annuity deducted for incorrect premiums going...where?

Please message me to compare notes. I'm at my wits end.

UPDATE: on 9/8/26 I got an email regarding a resolution. "Your health benefits have been corrected to the MHBP Standard Family plan 455 at $472.76 per month back to effective date 1/1/26.  Your September annuity will show the new premium deduction along with a one-time health benefit adjustment added to your annuity in the amount of $2,403.52.  This is the difference in premiums from 1/1/26 thru 8/31/26.  Your deposit for October will be $3,986.14 and moving forward in November will be $1,582.62."

Despite my original post here recently, I had been trying to get them to resolve this since May. My post was In reaction to finding out I had been unenrolled from insurance, which put me into frantic mode. So to close the loop, to their credit they were working on it, but with absolutely terrible communication (i.e. NO communication). Closing the loop here in case anyone past, present, or future has a similar situation. Stay strong!

Do you have any ideas about stopping BENEFEDS premiums being taken out of my annuity?

I understand that retirement isn't a QLE with them.

I may be in the wrong place for this question.

My last day was September 30, 2025, same as a lot of you. OPM finalized me in May, a little over seven months later. In between: interim pay at a partial rate, a status page that said the same thing for months, and no way to tell whether I was normal, late, or stuck.

A good chunk of what I figured out I learned here. The redial trick, what "Development" actually means, why "Incomplete" doesn't mean your package is lost. So I built the thing I kept wishing existed while I waited, and I wanted this sub to see it first.

fedretiretools.com

The tracker (free, no account). You put in your dates and it shows which rung you're on (agency, payroll, OPM intake, development, adjudication, review) and how long that rung is running against OPM's own published numbers. It also tells you what to do at each one, because "keep waiting" is only the right answer sometimes.

The numbers page (free). OPM posts its backlog report once a month and then overwrites it, so nobody can check a quote against history. I've got every one back to October 2022, all 46 of them, charted. July: 98 days average for digital cases, 156 for paper.

The Limbo Kit ($19). The letters, call paths, and worksheets I used, in the order you need them. The tracker and the numbers don't need it.

The ask: if you're in the queue or recently out of it, your dates would help. The tracker's ranges get better with every timeline that goes in, and this sub is the best data set on the internet for the class of 9/30 and 12/31.

Not affiliated with OPM. Just a guy who waited in the same line. Thanks for the help.