Soledad B. De Gloria, Petitioner, v. Office of Personnel Management, Respondent, 892 F.2d 1050 (Fed. Cir. 1989)

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US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - 892 F.2d 1050 (Fed. Cir. 1989) Dec. 14, 1989

Before BISSELL and MAYER, Circuit Judges, and CHARLES R. NORGLE, Sr., District Judge.* 

PER CURIAM.


DECISION

Soledad B. De Gloria appeals from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, No. SE08318710374, affirming the Office of Personnel Management's denial of her application for continued survivor benefits under the Civil Service Retirement Act. We affirm.

OPINION

The statute in effect when Mrs. De Gloria first became eligible for survivor benefits in 1957 requires that those benefits terminate on her fiftieth birthday. 5 U.S.C. § 724(c) (2) (1952). Later amendments to that provision do not affect her right to survivor benefits.

Nor does government estoppel apply in this case. Although the administrative judge found that Mrs. De Gloria reasonably could have been misled by the erroneous OPM communication, she does not allege and it does not appear from the record that she relied on it. Therefore, Richmond v. Office of Personnel Management, 862 F.2d 294 (Fed. Cir. 1988), cert. granted, 110 S. Ct. 46 (1989), is inapplicable.

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Charles R. Norgle, Sr., District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation

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