5 U.S.C. § 8410
Section 8410 · Eligibility for annuity
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Kapche v. Holder (2012)
Most recently applied in Montelongo v. Opm (October 2019)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an employee or Member must complete at least 5 years of civilian service creditable under section 8411 in order to be eligible for an annuity under this subchapter.