Snippet of Article: "...Typically, CSRS Offset retirement applies to
employees who had a break in service that
exceeded 1 year and ended after 1983, and had 5
years of credit able civil ian service as of January 1,
1987. For example, if you left Federal service on
May 15, 1992, with 18 years of CSRS-covered
service and were rein stated under a career appointment on November 1, 1993, you would have CSRS
Offset cover age.
An other major category of CSRS Offset employees includes people who were hired before January
1, 1984, acquired CSRS interim cover age between
1984 and 1987, and had at least 5 years of creditable civilian service by January 1, 1987..."
Source: OPM
CSRS Offset Retirement (Pamphlet RI 83-19),