5 CFR § 844.403 - Annuity rights after a disability annuity terminates.

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title: "5 CFR § 844.403 - Annuity rights after a disability annuity terminates."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "844.403"
section_name: "Annuity rights after a disability annuity terminates."
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"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 6598, Feb. 26, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 844.403 Annuity rights after a disability annuity terminates.

(a) When a disability annuity is terminated because of recovery or restoration of earning capacity and the individual is not employed in the Government, the individual is entitled to an annuity:

(1) Under 5 U.S.C. 8414(b) if the individual:

(i) Is at least age 50 when the disability annuity ceases and had 20 or more years of service at the time of retiring for disability; or

(ii) Has 25 or more years of service at the time of retiring for disability, regardless of age; or

(2) Under 5 U.S.C. 8412(g) if the individual is at least the minimum retirement age applicable under 5 U.S.C. 8412(h) when the disability annuity ceases and had 10 or more years of service at the time of retiring for disability.

(b) When a disability annuitant whose annuity was terminated because of Federal reemployment is separated and meets the age and service requirements for immediate retirement under 5 U.S.C. 8412 or 8414, the individual is entitled to an annuity computed under 5 U.S.C. 8415.

[55 FR 6598, Feb. 26, 1990. Redesignated at 58 FR 48273, Sept. 15, 1993]