United States Federal Circuit

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board's denial of a postal worker's application for disability retirement under the Civil Service Retirement System is denied where the Board properly found that petitioner failed to prove that she was disabled to the point of being unable to perform her duties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/27/2006
• Published 02/27/2006

Judges

• BRYSON, Circuit Judge., Before BRYSON, LINN, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tosca P. Brenneman, of Fresno, California, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roger A. Hipp, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, and Kathryn A. Bleecker, Assistant Director.   Of counsel on the brief was Jo Ann Chabot, Attorney, Office of Personnel Management, of Washington, DC.