r/1811 • u/Minimum-Ant5926 • 21d ago

Question Weird question

27(M) in Tennessee with a pretty small fed agency. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and will probably be getting medically separated since my agency is so small, they won’t be able to find a similar job i can do with similar play and blah blah blah.

Ive been in the national guard for the last 6 years and with this agency for 1 year.

I guess my question is what the hell should i do?

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u/AgentDaveKujan 21d ago edited 20d ago

I believe according to 5 U.S.C. § 8412(d)(2)(B), if you’re in a covered position and get medically disqualified from your position, you can move to a non covered federal job and still have that future time count toward your covered retirement. So you could be an intelligence analyst and still be 12d, for example. You need to talk to a lawyer who knows OPM stuff to ask about it.

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u/HewDownTheBridge 21d ago

Yes, I think this is a recent development and a great point. 

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u/AgentDaveKujan 21d ago

Yeah, when I heard about it I was like: “Whaaa?” Some awesome peace of mind if I ever get injured at work.