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title: "5 U.S.C. § 8453"
description: "Application"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
chapter_number: "84"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM"
section: "8453"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8453"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 8453 - Application

## Text

A claim may be allowed under this subchapter only if application is filed with the Office before the employee or Member is separated from the service or within 1 year thereafter. This time limitation may be waived by the Office for an employee or Member who, at the date of separation from service or within 1 year thereafter, is mentally incompetent if the application is filed with the Office within 1 year from the date of restoration of the employee or Member to competency or the appointment of a fiduciary, whichever is earlier.

(Added Pub. L. 99–335, title I, § 101(a), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 568.)