The postal service is offering early retirement. I'm 4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days from initial eligibility for regular retirement. That would be my 56th birthday.
Even with the bonus they're pitching, it's not like I could live on the early retirement alone. The monthly amount is small, and probably alot of it would go to keep health and life insurance for my family's sake.
I am 90% SC now and could well end up TDIU at some point. Does anyone have any information on whether I would be successful in filing for TDIU if I voluntarily took early retirement?
USPS is a madhouse and getting worse all the time, magnified by my mental issues, and not helped by my physical ones. I want out badly, just have to be realistic.
I think the bump from 90 to 100% and possibly the tuition for my sons college (currently costing upwards of 7500 a year and not likely to go down)could make it barely feasible - if I would be eligible.
70% PTSD
50% bilateral hearing loss
10% tinnitus
10% otitis
10% L knee injury
10% L knee degenerative osteoarthritis

It would help if the reason you took the early retirement was because of your service connected PTSD and hearing loss.

If you are taking early retirement cause you doubt that you can make the 4 years + I think it would help. Sometimes people are offered early retirement before they get laid off. I don't know but you have to really take a good look of where you are.Its not like you know that if you take early retirement that you will get TDIU.

Good Luck

Can you take disability retirement. That helps with IU.