Legal Opinion
Carl R. Benavidez v. Department of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 8, 2001No. 00-3204PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Two sets of statutory provisions govern benefits for federal employees who become disabled: (1) the Civil Service Disability Retirement System and (2) the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act. The question is whether an employee who has retired on disability and been separated from the service, who subsequently is awarded compensation benefits and elects those benefits in lieu of the retirement benefits, retroactive to a date on which he was on leave without pay, thereby converts his status from a retired annuitant to an em ployee on leave without pay. In this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Roland Spruill v. Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- Margaret J. Schultz v. United States NavyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
- Moise J. Walker v. Department of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
- Albert E. BIVINGS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000
- Gerald J. O'Neill v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Alonzo v. Department of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2012
- Benavidez v. Department of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Duckett v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Easterbrook v. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
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