Q. I was told I would have to give up my military retirement. I did 5 1/2 years active duty, then 27 years of reserves and retired in 2010 with 33 years of service. I am looking forward to receiving my military retirement in November 2018, but probably will retire from civil service next year. I bought back those 5.5 years…not really sure how this is going to work now!
Q. What part of repaying the federal VSIP goes back toward your retirement? Or is it considered as a debt paid back to the government?
Q. I worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 12 years. I withdrew my TSP when I left. Do I have any retirement also from the years I worked?
Q. Do I have to resign to retire with MRA +10? Can I get credit for sick leave when I start my benefits at 60 with 27 years service?
Q. My wife is 51 years old with 28 years of service and is being fired for misconduct. Will she lose her pension/annuity if she applied at age 56 1/2?
Q. Is it hard to get qualified for disability retirement? How long would I have to wait?
Q. I retired on a VERA with 25 years of service (22 years FERS and five years military) at age 47. When I reach 62, does my annuity go to 1.1 percent based on my high-3 years in service?
Q. What impact does USERRA have on the high-3 calculation? For instance, please consider a hypothetical situation in which a civilian employee/military reservist earned annual income from his civilian federal agency of $96,000 one year, then $98,000 the next and then is making $100,000 when called to active duty at the end of the next year. He is activated for two years, during which time the GS scale gets annual 3 percent increases across the board. He comes back and works a final year, pays his military deposit, then retires after another 3 percent increase gives him an entire year…
Q. I am a FERS employee who retired on a VERA. I was rehired five years later. My pension is subtracted from my pay. When I retire again, will all of my money be considered or just what I receive minus the pension?
Q. My husband is a retired civil service employee. His first wife died before he retired. he then married me after 8 years of being a widower. Am I entitled to a survivor benefits if (God forbids) he dies first? He said I am only entitled to whatever is left from the money he had contributed while working as federal employee, and he said I will not receive any money from his retirement pension. In order for me to receive his retirement pension, he would have had to pay the government $750 dollars a month. How is this so?