{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-839.1103","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 839.1103","heading":"If my qualifying retirement coverage error started when I should have been placed under FERS automatically, but my agency put me in CSRS because I had some past service, will I get a CSRS component in my FERS annuity for the service before the error if I elect FERS?","body":"No, employees who should have been automatically placed in FERS (generally because they did not have 5 years of past service under CSRS rules) do not have a CSRS component in their future FERS benefit. All service must be treated as FERS service in this circumstance.","path":["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 K—Effect of Election"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"2530b4e3291b5a8a1cfdacbdb9b2b286aee16ca60e635ba1136a625f864363ae","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-839.1102","next":"us/5-cfr-839.1111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}