Carlson v. Office of Personnel Management

In this federal employment case, Petitioner Lisa Brooks Carlson appeals the Merit Systems Protection Board’s (“Board”) final decision affirming the Office of Personnel Management’s (“OPM”) determination denying her application for disability retirement under the Civil Service Retirement System (“CSRS”) as untimely filed. Carlson v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., No. DC-831E-13-0148-I-1 (M.S.P.B. Mar. 19, 2013). The Board also found the record did not allow waiver of the applicable filing deadline. Because substantial evidence supports the Board’s decision, this court affirms.

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Ms. Carlson was…