Jeanne A. Vallee v. Office of Personnel Management

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Jeanne A. Vallee petitions for review of the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Docket No. BN0831930078-I-1, affirming the Office of Personnel Management’s denial of her entitlement to a survivor annuity. Because OPM had failed to give the statutory notice of election rights as required by the Spouse Equity Act, the decision is reversed.

DISCUSSION

A

In Brush v. Office of Personnel Management, 982 F.2d 1554, 1559 (Fed.Cir.1992), this court held that the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984, Pub.L. No. 98-615, 98 Stat. 3195 (codified as amended in…