---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 844.101"
title: "5"
number: "844.101"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/844.101"
---

# §844.101. Purpose.


This part establishes the requirements under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) for eligibility to receive a disability annuity, application procedures for disability annuities, rules for computing a disability annuity, and the conditions and procedures under which a disability annuity is terminated and reinstated.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461. Section 844.201 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 1104.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 6598, Feb. 26, 1990, unless otherwise noted.