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The FEGLI Trap Nobody Warns You About Before You File for OPM Disability

By Stephen Barszcz | Posted on November 2, 2026

Most federal employees spend months, sometimes years, focused on one number when they think about disability retirement: the monthly annuity check. Understandably so. But there is a second financial question that gets almost no attention until it is too late to fix, and that is what happens to your Federal Employees Group Life Insurance… Read More »

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Federal Workers’ Compensation Successes

Daniel G. - $119,207 schedule award.
Denise A. - $32,611 schedule awards (total).
Robert K. - $106,399 schedule award.
Kit F. - $70,196 schedule award.
John B. - $31,096 schedule award.
Dominick C. - $29,456 schedule award.
Francisco A. - $127,246 schedule awards (total).
James M. - $49,079 schedule award.
Freddie J. - $19,299 schedule award.
Marianna B. - $59,258 schedule award.
Bryan H. - $91,332 schedule award.
Robert K. - $28,797 schedule award.
Barry B. - $25,797 schedule award.
Elizabeth L. - $171,814 schedule award.
William C. - $171,814 schedule award.
Brigitte A. - $33,457 schedule award.
Sebastian J. - $48,220 wage loss.
Robert H. - Herniated discs accepted.
William B. $111,206 schedule award.
Renee L. - $74,370 schedule awared.
Gregg K. - Bilateral knees accepted.
Michael K. - $60,000 wage loss.
Stephanie H. - $32,000 wage loss.
Valencia D. - $314,233 schedule award.
Verna G. - $202,002 schedule award.
Gloria F. - $30,000 wage loss.
Ernest Z. – Back surgery approval.
Debbie H. – Knee replacement approval.
Arthur F. - $359,260 schedule award.
Larry W. - $520,620 schedule award.
Robert M. - $247,406 schedule award.
Joe L. - $363,294 schedule award.
Stacy N. - $491,130 schedule award.
Stephen D. - $263,615 schedule award.

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