Legal Opinion
Reilly v. Office of Personnel Management
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 15, 2009No. 2008-3236PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Sylvia M. Reilly (“Reilly”) petitions for review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) affirming the denial of petitioner’s application for disability retirement. Because we hold that the Board applied an erroneous legal standard by categorically rejecting post-retirement medical evidence, we vacate and remand.
BACKGROUND
From May 26, 1984, to March 15, 2006, Reilly worked as a mail carrier in Glendale, Arizona for the United States Postal Service. Reilly’s duties included driving a postal vehicle to deliver mail in rural Arizona, parts of which are…
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