Every federal employee who completes a FERS (or CSRS) retirement application (SF 3107 for FERS and SF 2801 for CSRS and CSRS Offset) must choose what kind of retirement they want under the “Annuity ...
Q. Will a surviving spouse who receives a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) survivor benefit get a reduction in his or her own Social Security payment — not from the deceased spouse’s work. — ...