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:
| You are in:
| And you belong in:
| You may elect:
|
|---|
| CSRS | FERS | CSRS Offset or FERS.
|
| CSRS Offset | FERS
| |
| CSRS | Social Security-Only | CSRS Offset or Social Security-Only.
|
| CSRS Offset | Social Security-Only | |
authority: Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 770
source: 66 FR 15609, Mar. 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 839.401