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5 CFR 839.401: What can I elect if I was put in CSRS or CSRS Offset by mistake?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5—Administrative Personnel
- CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS
- PART 839—CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT
- Subpart D—Retirement Coverage Elections for Errors That Were Not Previously Corrected
If you were placed in CSRS or CSRS Offset due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and you should have been in FERS, you may elect CSRS Offset or FERS. If you were placed in CSRS or CSRS Offset due to a qualifying retirement coverage error and you should have been in Social Security-Only, you may elect CSRS Offset or Social Security-Only. This is summarized in the following chart:
You are in: And you belong in: You may elect:
CSRS FERS CSRS Offset or FERS.
CSRS Offset FERS
CSRS Social Security-Only CSRS Offset or Social Security-Only.
CSRS Offset Social Security-Only
Collected 2026-08-27T02:23:53Z. Source file · JSON