{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s8453","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8453.","heading":"Application","text":"\u00a7\u202f8453.\nApplication\nA claim may be allowed under this subchapter only if application is filed with the Office before the employee or Member is separated from the service or within 1 year thereafter. This time limitation may be waived by the Office for an employee or Member who, at the date of separation from service or within 1 year thereafter, is mentally incompetent if the application is filed with the Office within 1 year from the date of restoration of the employee or Member to competency or the appointment of a fiduciary, whichever is earlier.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s8453.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8453","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8453."},{"t":"heading","text":"Application"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"A claim may be allowed under this subchapter only if application is filed with the Office before the employee or Member is separated from the service or within 1 year thereafter. This time limitation may be waived by the Office for an employee or Member who, at the date of separation from service or within 1 year thereafter, is mentally incompetent if the application is filed with the Office within 1 year from the date of restoration of the employee or Member to competency or the appointment of a fiduciary, whichever is earlier.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}