Merit Systems Protection Board’s denial of petitioner’s request for a survival annuity benefit based on the federal service of her late spouse is affirmed as, the Board’s determination that petitioner’s husband failed to elect a survivor annuity benefit during the two-year window provided for by statute is supported by substantial evidence.
Read Dorsey v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., No. 09-3071
Appellate Information
Appeal from: Merit Systems Protection Board
Decided November 25, 2009
Judges
Before Newman, Mayer, Prost, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Prost
Counsel
For Appellant: Alice A. Dorsey, Rocky Ridge, Maryland
For Appellee: John S. Groat, Commercial Litigation Branch, US Department of Justice.
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