DocketNumber： 89-3352
Filed Date： 11/14/1989
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 12/22/2014
891 F.2d 299
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Mary V. LONZOLLO, Petitioner,
v.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, Respondent.
No. 89-3352.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Nov. 14, 1989.
Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BISSELL, Circuit Judge.
DECISION
PER CURIAM.
Mary V. Lonzollo appeals from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (board), No. CHO8318910269, affirming the Office of Personnel Management's denial of her application for an insurable interest annuity as the surviving sister of a former federal employee. We affirm.
OPINION
The facts in this case are not in dispute and the board applied the correct law. Retirement under 5 U.S.C. § 8337 (1988) precludes election of an insurable interest annuity. See 5 C.F.R. § 831.606 (1989). That the statute "is antiquated" and "should be changed in cases of extenuating circumstances" is for Congress, and not for this court, to decide. See Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc., 458 U.S. 564, 576 (1982).