Kohl v. U.S. Postal Service

Petitioner Barry Kohl (“Kohl”) petitions for review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), upholding his removal from the United States Postal Service (“USPS”). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Kohl was employed as a Detached Mail Unit Clerk with the USPS. Based on complaints about his erratic behavior, including two anonymous complaints, the USPS required Kohl to undergo three psychiatric examinations. All three examinations resulted in a finding of paranoid personality disorder.

The first examination, conducted by Dr. Noel Lustic, diagnosed paranoid personality disorder…