TITLE 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

CHAPTER I - OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER B - CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS

PART 841 - FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

subpart b - APPLICATIONS FOR BENEFITS

841.202 - Applications required.

  (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.