Angelina Frantz v. Office of Personnel Management

NIES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection board (MSPB or board), Docket No. SF08318310928, reported at 21 M.S.P.R. 652 (1984). The full board reversed the initial decision of the presiding official and upheld the ruling of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which denied petitioner’s application to amend her survivor’s annuity election. We reverse the board’s decision and remand the case with instructions to accept petitioner’s application.

Background

The federal civil service retirement system has long provided the option of providing a…