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I don’t know a single Fed whose RA was granted or existing RA was renewed. [/quote]

I am a fed, and my RA (for hybrid, not full telework) was renewed last month with no changes. I currently go in 2 days a week, and under the terms of my RA I will go in additional days during the week if there are in-person meetings (very rare for my position, which is almost entirely Teams meetings and emails with POCs in offices around the country).  I have a neurological condition that is a real time suck (more time to get dressed for work, lots of time on the phone each evening ordering or picking up meds, lots of time doing PT and OT exercises) and all of my specialists are also close to my home, which is about 45 minutes from the office. There are no neurologists, PTs, or OTs specializing in my condition near the office.

The RA was granted so that I can have more time in the week to balance all of these things with a full 40 hour work week. I first requested it when we were returning to the office post-covid, and 3 days per week was being implemented.

I think the facts that:
- I've already had the RA for several years, 
- it's for a clearly documented neurological condition (as opposed to something like anxiety or ADHD or back pain, which tends to be more scrutinized), 
- I'm a high performer with multiple awards and consistent top performance ratings,
- my skill set is rare and essential to the mission,
- my job could easily be done fully remotely from anywhere, 
- I am hybrid rather than fully remote, and 
- I come in for in-person meetings (the main reason for requiring RTO was the benefits of face-to-face interaction)

all worked in my favor to support renewal of the RA.   Renewal was granted within 24 hours when I requested it last month.[/quote]

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