5 CFR § 844.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s844.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 844.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "844.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "844"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DISABILITY RETIREMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 6598, Feb. 26, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "844"
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# 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.