CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 339—MEDICAL QUALIFICATION DETERMINATIONS > SUBPART C—Medical Examinations (§339.301 to §339.306) > 339.306—Processing medical eligibility determinations on certificates of eligibles.

339.306—Processing medical eligibility determinations on certificates of eligibles.

(a) In accordance with the provisions of this part, agencies are authorized to medically disqualify a nonpreference eligible. A nonpreference eligible so disqualified has a right to a higher level review of the determination within the agency.
(b) OPM must approve the sufficiency of the agency's reasons to:
(1) Medically disqualify or pass over a preference eligible on a certificate in place of a nonpreference eligible,
(2) Medically disqualify or pass over a 30 percent or more compensably disabled veteran for a position in the U.S. Postal Service in favor of a nonpreference eligible,
(3) Medically disqualify a 30 percent or more compensably disabled veteran for assignment to another position in a reduction in force, or
(4) Medically disqualify a 30 percent or more disabled veteran for noncompetitive appointment.