r/FEDDISABILITY

I submitted all my paperwork to my agency HR in mid-late June and it then languished for the next 3+ months waiting for "leadership" to finalize the 3112-D. I asked the HR person repeatedly about the status and they'd say they were following up with leadership and then not get a response. In September I opened an inquiry with my congressman, filed an EEOC complaint, and started sending practically daily emails inquiring about the status and ETA directly to the admin and everyone in the office of administrator. Any time I got an out of office message with an alternative contact, I add those people to the emails as well. (This ended up being the saving grace as it was finally someone added this way who seemed to get the ball rolling.) When they finally sent the 3112-D it was signed by the wrong person and incomplete without even a response on the reassignment question, so I had to keep leaning on them and literally sent them instructions how it should be completed. Which, shockingly, they did after another week.

My advice to anyone else dealing with delays by your agency is to become the squeaky wheel, and don't wait to do so, don't give the benefit of the doubt that things are happening like I did. If they're not moving after a month or so start squeaking.

Now here we are, after all that waiting, the actual waiting can finally begin.

Anyone have any idea how long it's taking OPM to make the initial determinations? How long did it take you to get past this phase once OPM got your application?