Unpublished Dispositiontrudie Mae Stroup, Petitioner, v. Office of Personnel Management, Respondent, 826 F.2d 1071 (Fed. Cir. 1987)

DECISION

We affirm the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board), Docket No. AT08318610621, affirming a reconsideration decision of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) denying Stroup's entitlement to a retirement annunity.

OPINION

Under 5 U.S.C. § 8338(a) (1982) a federal employee must have five years of creditable service in order to qualify for an annuity and Stroup has the burden to prove by preponderant evidence her entitlement to the claimed benefits. See Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management, 776 F.2d 276, 280 (Fed. Cir. 1985). Upon reviewing the records--both those submitted by Stroup and those submitted by OPM--the Board determined that the preponderant evidence did not support Stroup's claim, but instead, supported OPM's reconsideration decision. Our standard of review of Board decisions is limited to determining whether its decision was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, not supported by substantial evidence, or otherwise not in accordance with the law. 5 U.S.C. § 7703(c) (1982). After reviewing the submissions of the parties, we find no basis under our statutorily prescribed scope of review for setting aside the Board's decision affirming OPM's reconsideration decision.