5 C.F.R. § 841.303 Applications filed with agencies.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
(a) Employees filing applications for retirement or to make deposits or redeposits under FERS (including applications for disability retirement) and separating employees filing applications for refunds of contributions must file their applications with their employing agencies. (b) Survivors filing applications for death benefits based on the death of an employee may file their applications with the employee's employing agency.
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 841—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Subpart C—Claims Processing
§ 841.303 Applications filed with agencies.

