DeRossi v. Office of Personnel Management

PER CURIUM.

Lee DeRossi (“DeRossi”) petitions for review of the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), No. BN0831020177-I-1, 2003 WL 152830, denying her claim for survivor benefits. For the reasons discussed herein, we affirm.

DeRossi applied to the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) for survivor benefits under the Civil Service Retirement Act after the death of her husband. OPM denied her application for benefits because DeRossi’s husband elected a retirement annuity payable only during his lifetime, rather than a reduced annuity payable during his lifetime coupled with…