5 CFR § 839.1003 - How will OPM compute the amount of lost earnings?

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title: "5 CFR § 839.1003 - How will OPM compute the amount of lost earnings?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "839.1003"
section_name: "How will OPM compute the amount of lost earnings?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "839"
part_name: "CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 770."
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# 839.1003 How will OPM compute the amount of lost earnings?

(a) Lost earnings will generally be computed in accordance with the Board's lost earnings regulations (5 CFR 1606 of chapter VI). However, the FERCCA states that OPM may compute the lost earnings in an alternative manner if such a computation is not administratively feasible. The alternative manner will yield an amount that is as close as practicable to the amount computed under 5 CFR 1606 of chapter VI.

(b) Your employer is required to submit to OPM all information required to compute the amount of lost earnings.