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          different jobs, petitioner was employed by the Department of                
          Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as a pilot           
          examiner from 1988 until November 2, 1992.  Petitioner’s first 3            
          years of service with the FAA passed without incident.  In 1991,            
          after petitioner’s immediate supervisor left the FAA, petitioner            
          began to have problems with his new supervisors.  Petitioner                
          became severely depressed and alleged that his depression                   
          resulted from discrimination from other FAA supervisors and                 
          employees.  Petitioner was placed on medical light duty with the            
          FAA in October 1991.  Due to the claimed unstable work                      
          environment, petitioner sought psychiatric treatment beginning in           
          1991.                                                                       
               On October 2, 1992, petitioner received a 30-day notice of             
          employment termination, and, subsequently, on November 2, 1992,             
          the FAA terminated petitioner’s employment.  Prior to                       
          petitioner’s termination, petitioner filed claims on October 12,            
          1992, with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the                 
          Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for disability retirement              
          annuity payments pursuant to FERS.  Petitioner was approved for             
          Social Security disability on June 22, 1994, and FERS disability            
          retirement on March 8, 1995.                                                
               Concurrent with filing claims with SSA and OPM, petitioner             
          also filed a claim with the United States Department of Labor               
          (DOL) pursuant to the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA),           





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