---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 841.203"
title: "5"
number: "841.203"
heading: "Withdrawal of applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/841.203"
---

# §841.203. Withdrawal of applications.

- (a) Except as provided in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, an applicant for benefits under FERS may withdraw his or her application for benefits until a payment based on that application has been authorized, but not thereafter.
- (b) An applicant for benefits under FERS may not withdraw his or her application for benefits after OPM has received a certified copy of a court order (under [part 581](/cfr/5/part581.md) of this chapter or [subpart I](/cfr/5/subpartI.md) of this part) affecting the benefits.
- (c) When an “appropriate authority” determines that the separation upon which payment has been based is an “unjustified or unwarranted personnel action” as these terms are defined in [§ 550.804](/cfr/5/550.804.md) of this chapter, an individual may withdraw his/her application for FERS benefits within 60 days of the decision. As provided in [§ 550.805](/cfr/5/550.805.md), any FERS payments must be deducted from any back pay award.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 19244, May 21, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a; Secs. 841.110 and 841.111 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8470(a); subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8423; Sec. 841.504 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.507 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8469; Sec. 841.506 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.508 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.604 also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 5001 of Pub. L. 112-96 at 126 Stat. 199.