[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR839.401]

[Page 252]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 839_CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS 
 
    Subpart D_Retirement Coverage Elections for Errors That Were Not 
                          Previously Corrected
 
Sec.  839.401  What can I elect if I was put in CSRS or CSRS Offset by 

                      Erroneous CSRS or CSRS Offset


mistake?

    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:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    And you  belong
           You are in:                    in:           You may elect:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CSRS............................  FERS..............  CSRS Offset or
                                                       FERS.
CSRS Offset.....................  FERS..............
CSRS............................  Social Security-    CSRS Offset or
                                   Only.               Social Security-
                                                       Only.
CSRS Offset.....................  Social Security-
                                   Only.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             Erroneous FERS