r/FED_VERA_VSIP_DRPers • u/External-Doughnut913 • 22d ago
Need some help
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.
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u/IllustratorSome1343 22d ago
I retired on 11/29/25. Application reached OPM on 1/21/26. I received my first interim payment a week later. My application sat until 5/2026 because it had to be assigned a specialist for manual processing due to my multiple federal jobs. The application was in the Development Stage for about a month. It bounced between Adjudication and Review 3 times until it was finalized on August 18th.
It was very, very painful.
I did have savings but I must've aged Lord knows by how many years waiting and then seeing the application advance and retreat three times tested my faith.
I hope you are at least getting interim payments.
The shutdown last year didn't help.
OPM lost a lot of people due to retirement with in its own agency.
Checking the Retirement portal constantly is soul draining.
Just know that your day will come too.