Sison v. Office of Personnel Management

Ernesto M. Sisón seeks review of the May 23, 2000, decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board, Docket No. SE0831000115-I-1, affirming the Office of *972Personnel Management’s denial of his request for an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System. Because Sison’s service was not in covered positions, we affirm.

We review the board’s decisions under a narrow standard. See Hamel v. President’s Comm’n on Executive Exch, 987 F.2d 1561, 1564 (Fed.Cir.1993). We must affirm absent a showing that a decision of the board is “(1) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in…