Bautista v. Office of Personnel Management

DECISION

Apolonio D. Bautista appeals from a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”), docket no. SF-0831-99-0661-1-1, which denied his petition for review of an initial decision by an administrative judge, but reopened the appeal on its own motion and subsequently affirmed the administrative judge’s ultimate finding that Bautista failed to appeal timely his request for retirement benefits beyond those he had already received. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Bautista, a native of the Philippines, retired from federal service due to a disability on August 4,1972. He received twenty-one…