{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-839.701","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 839.701","heading":"Is it correct that even though I had a qualifying retirement coverage error under the FERCCA, I may not have a choice of retirement coverage?","body":"Under the FERCCA, the types of retirement coverage errors listed in § 839.241 trigger a right to make a retirement coverage election. The following chart summarizes the types of errors that do not trigger an election right:\nYou are in: And you belong in: Your coverage must be corrected to:\nCSRS Offset CSRS CSRS.\nCSRS CSRS Offset CSRS Offset.\nSocial Security-Only CSRS CSRS.\nSocial Security-Only CSRS Offset CSRS Offset.\nSocial Security-Only FERS FERS.","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 G—Errors That Don't Permit an 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":"2402b1cc397f2e5622a076d38dc8b5f8c3480596415b4b31e40eef346c93f2c9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-839.623","next":"us/5-cfr-839.702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}