VA Employees Fight Back Against Bonus Money Grab
Published Date: 7/25/2025
Rule
Summary
If you work or used to work for the VA and got an award, bonus, or help moving, this new rule lets you appeal if they ask for that money back. It explains how to ask the Office of Personnel Management to review the payback order. This means you have a clear, fair way to challenge repayment decisions starting now.
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VA Employees Can Appeal Repay Orders
If you work or used to work for the Department of Veterans Affairs and received an award, bonus, or relocation expense, this rule lets you appeal an order to repay all or part of that amount to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. The regulation prescribes the general procedures for appeals of repayment orders issued by the Secretary of the VA or the Secretary's designee.
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