Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit March 25, 2003, 02-3246 (John F. Welch v. Department of the Army)

FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) held that (1) the petitioner had not been constructively demoted when he was not appointed to the higher grade position to which the former position had been reclassified, and (2) the agency had conducted a valid reduction-in-force under which the petitioner’s old position was abolished and he was reassigned to a lower