We are all being blessed more than we know. May all come to appreciate the grace.

Everyone have a great Thanksgiving and be sure and have a great nap, following dinner. I hope your team wins and you don't have indigestion.
I have much to be thankful for and I hope everyone else realizes their good fortune. Life is what you make it. Do you appreciate what you have?
I do and hope you do also.

Respectfully,

Dave Kirtley

Typical PO. They try to get you any way they can. Good luck with this. I hope you start receiving your paychecks soon. Dang!! This pisses me off and I am retired (not dis.) and getting my checks. I read that post and just had to vent. Sorry guys.

my first day of dis. retirement was July 1,2009. i have not received one single check since then. i finally got through to a live human who tells me that my paperwork was "picked up on Nov. 2,2009 and we're waiting for someone to put me into a pay status." that's a fact.

overwhelmed: I have been sending FECA Claimants to Ellisclinic for 15 years and I always hear what you said about your visit. I have never had anyone collect on a bet they could or would find anyone close to Dr. John W. Ellis. Doc told me that the biggest problem I had with other FECA Claimants was my honesty.
I appreciate his having said that but I truly need to work on my posts in an effort not to be misunderstood. I've spent a lifetime coming on "too strong" or "pompous," or even "arrogant sounding." These aspects of my ability to convince strangers has been my undoing , many times.
An Ellisclinic visit explains everything I attempt to relate in one simple visit.

Thank You for being just one of the many hundreds of people that visited Ellisclinic because "DirtyDave" suggested they meet his Treating Physician.

Doc and I mutually and personally wish we could convince more Doctors to consider serving the needs of FECA Claimants. Doc will hold a Seminar for interested Doctors. I personally attended his very first Seminar, held here in Oklahoma City. Doc Ellis is the real thing. Ellisclinic is the real thing.
Thank You very much for finding out for yourself.

Respectfully,

Dave Kirtley

Snowed: will let you know as soon as I receive anything. Rumors have it they may not find anything for me---but have found something for other 5 clerks in mail processing. We were all in CFS but in same building and on same seniority roster. thanks

OMG! Dave--keep on getting it out there. I just received my paperwork from Dr. Ellis. I have never received such a detailed medical report in all my life. I am no longer overwhelmed--he has told me exactly what to do. Sent my paperwork off today to OWCP & USPS, maybe after being off a year I can get back to work. Thank you for all the info. Let's all get it out there.

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..

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"

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.

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.

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?

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.

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..

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.

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