Martinez v. Office of Personnel Management

Louis Martinez petitions for review of the December 18, 2001, initial decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), Docket No. NY-0831-01-0355-1-1, '91 M.S.P.R. 667, affirming the Office of Personnel Management’s (“OPM”) reconsideration decision denying Dr. Martinez’s request to increase his civil service retirement annuity under the Civil Service Retirement Act (“CSRA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8331-8351. The initial decision became final on May 1, 2002, when the Board denied Dr. Martinez’s petition for review. We affirm.

This court must affirm decisions of the Board unless they are “(1)…