5 C.F.R. § 841.202 – Applications required. | MidpageApplications required.
Effective Jan 1, 2017
- (a) No benefit is payable under FERS, until after the claimant has applied for the benefit in the form prescribed by OPM.
- (b) An employee, Member, or survivor may exercise any option or make any election authorized by FERS only in the form prescribed by OPM.