Q. I have worked for the Postal Service for 20 years under FERS and planned on retiring next year. My husband retired several years ago from the Postal Service under CSRS. Will I be able to collect my full Social Security benefits, or will I be subject to the WEP? I have heard conflicting statements.
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Q. I am a GS-15 in the Department of the Air Force in San Antonio. My parent office in D.C. is relocating all field representatives (there are nine of us) back to the National Capital Region. I am 57½ years old and have more than 13 years of service. I know I am always eligible for MRA + 10 retirement, but do I have other options? If I can retire and not lose the 5 percent per year, I would seriously consider this. There is also a Voluntary Early Retirement Authority window still open to me, I believe.
Q. I am 55 and worked 19 years with the Postal Service under FERS (from age 26 through 46). I have worked other jobs in the past and up through a few weeks ago. Can I start drawing my pension from the Postal Service? I realize it would be at a lower rate than if I waited until I was older.
Q. I read on your site that leave without pay under six months in a calendar year counts as creditable service. But I also read where it doesn’t count toward the retirement calculation. I am CSRS but only have 19 years of law enforcement officer status as of June 10, 2014. Can I take a few months of LWOP in 2014 and 2015 and have this time count toward my 20-year LEO retirement computation if the LWOP is under six months in 2014 and under six months in 2015? Will the LWOP time under six months in each of these…
Q. On a recent post: “Are the health care premiums taxed once we retire if we retire with law enforcement officer retirement?” You responded: There is a $3,000 deduction available for law enforcement officers. Where can I obtain more information about the deduction?
Q. I work for the Postal Service and am thinking about applying for disability retirement, but I’m not sure they approve it for severe migraine headaches. How do I apply for it?
Q. In 2012, I retired after 35 years of federal service (CSRS). I had been diagnosed with a rare bone cancer and decided that I had to address my health issue and quit working. It has now been 1½ years since I retired, and I am in remission and would like to go back to work at my prior position. Is this possible? What will it do to my annuity?
Q. I left federal service in 2008 and was rehired in 2011. My service computation date was set up to reflect the two years I left service. I would like to get that time back and keep my original service computation date. What regulation is being referenced, and whom do I speak with about taking care of this?
Q. I was active-duty military from February 1976 to February 1980. Then, from February 1980 to 1982, I was a temp employee. In February 1982, I was made permanent in the same position and placed in CSRS, where I remain today. I have paid both deposits for my military and temp time and my service computation date is February 1976. I read in your column where employees have been placed in the wrong retirement system and wanted to confirm I’ve been placed correctly in CSRS.
Q. Please confirm, due to a mandatory retirement age of 57, if an individual decided to change from a law enforcement officer (1811) position to a non-LEO position after completing 20 years of LEO service, at the end of the non-LEO employment, the individual still qualify to retire as a LEO?