Otto H. Lizut v. Department of the Army

BALDWIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (board) dated November 30, 1982, in which the board upheld the removal of petitioner from his position with the Department of the Army (agency). Petitioner challenges the board’s ruling that the agency had no obligation to file for disability retirement on his behalf instead of instituting a removal action. He also contends that the presiding official improperly refused to consider claims that the agency wrongfully refused to take steps necessary to process his request for early optional retirement and…