Roman v. Office of Personnel Management

Petitioner Joseph Roman appeals a final decision of the United States Merit Systems Protection Board that upheld the Office of Personnel Management’s computation of his survivor benefits under the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS). Mr. Roman challenges the statutory interpretation on which OPM relied for its computation, as well as the processes used by OPM and the MSPB to adjudicate his case. For the reasons set out below, we affirm.

Background

Mr. Roman is the surviving spouse of Laurie C. Roman, a former federal employee who died in 1995. We described the history of Mrs. Roman’s…