Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit November 21, 2002, 02-3053 (John Moran v. Office of Personnel Management)

FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) properly upheld the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM’O’s determination that an amended court order reducing a former spouse’s survivor benefits provided in a divorce decree was a “modification” of that decree that 5 U.S.C.