RI 38-47 Information and Instructions on Your Reconsideration Rig

United States
Office of Personnel Management
Retirement Operations

OMB $SSURYDO3206-0237

Information and Instructions on Your Reconsideration Rights
I.

Information
Reconsideration is OPM's review of its initial decision in order to
verify that all applicable laws and regulations were properly applied.

II.

This notice gives specific instructions on how you may request
reconsideration of an initial decision made by OPM's Retirement
Services in any case where the decision:
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Affects your rights or interests under the Civil Service
Retirement System or under the Federal Employees'
Retirement System, except in matters pertaining to disability
retirement and annuity overpayments. Different instructions
apply to these exceptions; see below for more information.
(5 CFR, Part 831 and 841)

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Denies you basic or optional life insurance coverage under the
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program or denies
you the right to change your post-retirement basic life insurance
coverage after retirement.(5 CFR, Parts 870,871,872 and 873)

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Denies your request to enroll or change enrollment in the
Federal or Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
(5 CFR, Parts 890 and 891).

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Denies your request to permit coverage of someone as a family
member under the Federal or Retired Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program. (5 CFR, Parts 890 and 891)

Decisions concerning a disability retirement eligibility.

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Initial decisions under 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) regarding law
enforcement or firefighter eligibility.

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Decisions to collect an annuity overpayment. Where
applicable, OPM will give you separate specific instructions
and information in the above instances.

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Requests for reconsideration of claims denied by your health
insurance carrier should be sent to the address shown in the
brochure of your plan.

If you want general information about benefits or a written
decision on another matter, you should write to:
Office of Personnel Management
Retirement Operations Center
P.O. Box 45
Boyers, PA 16017-0045

A.

Make your request in writing and state that you are requesting
reconsideration; if possible, include a copy of the initial
decision on which your request is based. Include your name,
address, date of birth, claim number (if applicable), name of
the health insurance plan (if applicable), and your reason(s)
for the request.

B.

Your written request for reconsideration must be received by
OPM within 30 calendar days from the date of OPM’s initial
decision. [OPM can extend the time limit if you can show that
you (1) were not notified of the time limit and were not
otherwise aware of it or (2) were prevented from responding
by a cause beyond your control.]

C.

Send your request for reconsideration to:
Office of Personnel Management
Legal Reconsideration Branch, Room +
1900 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20415-0001

If you plan to submit additional evidence to support your claim and
that evidence is not immediately available, you must:

These instructions do not apply to:
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Procedures
The procedures for requesting reconsideration - as established by
Federal regulation - are as follows:

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Submit a written request for reconsideration within the 30-day
time limit; and

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Include in your request for reconsideration a statement that
you will be submitting additional evidence, a brief description
of the evidence you will submit, your estimate of the date the
evidence will be available, and a brief explanation for the
delay.

We will acknowledge receipt of your statement and let you know
the date after which additional submissions will not be accepted.
III.

Final Decision
After reviewing our initial decision and any new evidence that has
been submitted, OPM will send you a final decision in writing. We
will send copies of that decision to any competing claimants or to
your employing office, if applicable.

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