{"data":{"id":"us/5-u.s.c.-8453","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 U.S.C. § 8453","heading":"Application","body":"A claim may be allowed under this subchapter only if application is filed with the Office before the employee or Member is separated from the service or within 1 year thereafter. This time limitation may be waived by the Office for an employee or Member who, at the date of separation from service or within 1 year thereafter, is mentally incompetent if the application is filed with the Office within 1 year from the date of restoration of the employee or Member to competency or the appointment of a fiduciary, whichever is earlier.","path":["Title 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 84—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc05@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:42Z","sha256":"e8b19a59df0fa28abbedefc1d208c26cfaf53b167e3a8f1f6aab7191cb21d29b","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/5-u.s.c.-8452","next":"us/5-u.s.c.-8454"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}