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If you receive $1,100 per month in SSDI payments, you would only receive $1,300 per month from the FERS program due to the amount you are collecting from the SSA. This would still total $2,400 per month. You would just be getting a portion of that $2,400 from FERS and a portion from SSDI. After the first 12 months of your disability you will receive 40 percent of your 3-year-average high salary minus 60 percent of whatever you receive in SSDI benefits.
If you apply for disability retirement, it will take time for you to provide the medical evidence and for you and your agency to complete the paperwork. After your application is forwarded to OPM, it will take even longer for them to review your case and make a decision.s a federal employee attorney, I am often asked why an application for FERS disability retirement can take so long for OPM to process. This is not a simple question to answer.