Q. I am on workers’ compensation, and I am interested in starting my disability retirement benefits. I talked with a lady at the Office of Personnel Management, and she informed me that I could go back to work someday and still collect disability retirement benefits, but my gross salary could not be more than 80 percent of my Postal Service salary. If I were to sell a house and make a profit, is that considered gross salary, like a job would be?
A. No, it isn’t. The 80 percent limit applies only to earnings from wages and self-employment, not other sources of income.
