Opinion ID: 1037578
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Heading: Partially Recovered

Text: Stewart alternatively suggests that she is a partially recovered employee who is entitled to have the agency “make every effort” to restore her to a job in the local commuting area. See 5 C.F.R. § 353.301(d). To establish Board jurisdiction over a partial recovery claim, an employee must prove by preponderant evidence that: (1) she was separated from her position due to a compensable injury; (2) she partially recovered from the injury; (3) she requested restoration; and (4) the agency denied her request. See Bledsoe, 659 F.3d at 1104. As the Board correctly found, because the OWCP terminated Stewart’s compensation benefits on grounds that she fully recovered from her work-related injuries, she cannot claim restoration rights as a partially recovered employee. See As’Salaam, 85 M.S.P.R. at 84 (finding that appellant could not assert restoration rights as a partially recovered employee where the OWCP determined that he was fully recovered). In addition, in his March 21, 2011 report, Dr. Shirzad Abrams opined that Stewart was “fully capable of resuming her regular work activities for the United States Postal Service.” RA 58. Accordingly, the Board did not err in finding that Stewart failed to make nonfrivolous allegation of jurisdiction as a partially recovered employee.