Magnolia-
We need a lot more publicity like that and more.

I just read the comments to the you tube video and I am always amazed at the ignorance of some people the comments seem to outnumber us and implicate that the general population and our coworkers think we are lazy and liars. Boy does that comment bring back memories ( Pam Littleton ) I wish they could walk in our shoes for 24 hours( most believe we only hurt from 8-5) But I am wondering if we are considered lazy, liars do we qualify for a position at DOL! sign me I really do hurt 24 hours a day and had a life

I do understand that claims examiners are on case overload and they are treated like we are from their supervisors and I always tried to examine both sides of the coin before passing judgement but I truly feel that this system is designed for failure and those of us that are hurt suffer the consequence. I do blame them for the fact that my back, feet and legs are shot and that I will spend the rest of my life with chronic pain issues, I liked my job and the money and I love to work I wasn't looking to be homebound But I am more fortunate than some because I will not let them take my dignity, honesty and most of all they can't take away me, I will remain respectful of people and life as it is much too short too harbor anger

If someone like Dave could do outreach to these dumbass doctors to let them know that getting money from OWCP is no harder than regular insurance if they take the time to educate their staff's that person could make a million bucks. OWCP's relationship with the provider community is horrible. They should be doing seminars to educate providers how to use the system. But they don't really want to do this because it would cost money, and their mission is to save money at the expense of the injured.

Need pictures of your hands!! We are doing a vidoe for youtube to expose the dept of labor for denying 50% of our carpal tunnel claims. The pix could be taken in positons of stress as in doing your job or artistically against a dark background. The scarred,calloused,cracked and bruised backbone of the usps hands. It's going to be moving and done in the best taste. Please send to pfmorris58@hotmail.com

Snowed
Thanks, I understand. I'm aware of the literature on NALC website, was just hoping for more.

Awesome ideas guys keep them rolling!

/m14533

boney.fingers@hotmail.com

Thank You also John999: Doctor Ellis has helped several local doctors get paid but many are satisfied to practice with their "head in the sand," while their staffs are busy polishing their fingernails and still getting paid.
Doctor Ellis has been attempting to tell other doctors for many years just how lucrative the FECA Claims Business is and can potentially be for willing doctors.
Just go to Ellisclinic,Com and see what Dr. Ellis has been saying for many, many years.

Respectfully,

Dave Kirtley

p.s. I can use all of the help anyone has to offer.

Thanks Snowed..........I am really not sure what tomorrow will bring....I had a supervisor call me at home yesterday..Saturday....and tell me to come in at 6:30am instead of 8am...which is no big deal to me...so far I have had no meetings with the NRP team....but I have already called my area steward and told him that when they called me in I would be calling him...how much good he can do I don't know....I am normally very laid back and don't cause many waves...also get along with nearly everyone....so that seems to help....I have really learned a lot from this site...so appreciate all the information...I have seen DRAC letter mentioned a lot in this forum but don't know what it is....I guess like everyone else it is not a priority until it hits you..so now I have to get a crash course....Thanks for your response..

Supervisor told me I will be receiving a "reasonable accommodation hearing" packet in the mail soon. If anyone has had one of these please let me know what to expect. I was told I can have a representative with me. thanks for all info.

Well I just found something....going thru paperwork...I keep everything...I found attached to my last job offer dated Jan. 2006..a job offer labled NRP job offer....it has all the duties I have been doing for the last 8 yrs....what they are now calling clerk duties...injured rural carriers have been doing all this stuff for 25 yrs. in my office and all of a sudden it is clerk duties....just because they are trying to do away with 5 clerks in our city...any ideas?

mailman-
Have you gotten a letter that they did a LWEC on you? I never heard of a NRP job offer before you even have a NRP meeting.

injured on job-
Maybe this referes to the DRAC paper work they gave me at my NRP. When you get paper work contact board again.

To the poster who asked about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I have had CTS Release on both hands which often accounts for my sloppy typing. I have also had 2 Trigger Finger Releases.
CTS is usually, from my own personal experience, just the "tip of the iceberg." 10 years after my CTS, "DeQuervains" shows up, along with several other new trigger fingers.
Sounds to me like people "may" be seeing "flaky" doctors. EMG's don't lie, so I wonder what the claimant's medical documentation reveals to the Claims Examiner? I had no trouble whatsoever. I had to drop my doctor because he was so proud of his handiwork, that he filed my Schedule Award for me and stated "I was almost without Impairment" as a result of his "One-of-a-kind, Surgery!"
I received an additional 59% permenent Impairment and an additional $92,000,00 by finding Dr. John W. Ellis, here in Oklahoma City. The OWCP's 2nd Opinion doctor agreed to the letter with Dr. Ellis, so, "end of story." No money left on the table and everybody was and IS, still satisfied.
The "Right Doctor" means everything to both the Claimant and the Claims Examiner. I learned this myself, the hard way.
I never intentionally mean to sound pompous or arrogant but I unfortunately manage to sound like that too often anyway.
I understand better than at any time before, since my first FECA Claim in 1982, that I am ONLY: 1/500th of a typical CE's paperwork. Knowing that alone makes it easier for me to accept the difficulties from the OWCP side of the FECA claims.
I'm just your average, longterm, Permanently Injured, Federal Employee, with 6 active FECA Claims, who wants to help other FECA claimants receive their Full FECA Entitlement, without Drama, Rumors, Subjectivity, and anything less than the Truth.

Respectfully,

Dave Kirtley
 p.s. "Once Bitten: Twice Shy"

Snowed...no I have recieved no letter of any kind...in fact when this job offer was written I was out on annual leave...I had heard that 3 people including a post office doctor had visited one of the other offices...have heard nothing else except on this site..when I came back my supervisor gave me this job offer and I signed it...it did not violate my restrictions and had nothing on it that I had not been doing for yrs....so nearly 2 yrs. have passed...I have great supervisors who go out of their way for me ....let me go to the doctor on the clock and I make the time up at my leisure..they both said they did not want to lose me and that they were going to work to get me back...as I said this move had more to do with the excessing of 5 clerks than the NRP I think....I will be out of my comfort zone in this other office but as DirtyDave once told me...it is that paycheck every two weeks that counts..