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  "path": "/retirement/2026/05/appeals-court-eases-disability-retirement-rules-for-feds/",
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    "Benefits",
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  "textContent": "An appeals court recently ruled that federal employees’ disability retirement benefits cannot be denied solely based on a lack of “objective” medical evidence.",
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