5 USC § 8453 Application (FERS)
5 U.S.C. § 8453. Application
Title 5 – Part 3 – Chapter 84: Federal Employees’ Retirement System
A claim may be allowed under this subchapter only if application is filed with the Office before the employee or Member is separated from the service or within 1 year thereafter.
This time limitation may be waived by the Office for an employee or Member who, at the date of separation from service or within 1 year thereafter, is mentally incompetent if the application is filed with the Office within 1 year from the date of restoration of the employee or Member to competency or the appointment of a fiduciary, whichever is earlier.
(Added Pub. L. 99-335, title I, Sec. 101(a), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 568.)