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· 9/28/1983

Otto H. Lizut v. Department of the Army

Citations

  • 717 F.2d 1391
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 13672

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  • reasoning that, because it is OPM’s responsibility to determine entitlement to disability retirement benefits, the evidence need not uncontrovertibly establish a disabling condition before the employing agency is obligated to apply for the appellant
  • “Allowing a party to withhold important issues from the board and later present them to this court would undermine the board’s authority.”
  • “Allowing a party to withhold im- portant issues from the [B]oard and later present them to this court would undermine the [B]oard’s authority.”

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Judges: Friedman, Rich, Baldwin

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