5 C.F.R. § 839.604 When is my election effective?
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Your election is effective on the date that the retirement coverage error first occurred. This means that your election will be retroactive, or will change your retirement coverage for a period of service in the past.
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 839—CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT
Subpart F—Making an Election
General Provisions
§ 839.604 When is my election effective?