5 C.F.R. § 839.401 What can I elect if I was put in CSRS or CSRS Offset by mistake?
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
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:
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
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
Erroneous CSRS or CSRS Offset
§ 839.401 What can I elect if I was put in CSRS or CSRS Offset by mistake?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ You are in: And you belong 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.------------------------------------------------------------------------
