Basic Eligibility for Consideration and Disqualification. A Claimant who applied for either (a) a promotion in any District/Division, or (b) a lateral reassignment into IOD or XXX through a Merit Promotion Announcement (hereinafter, “MPA”), for which a white DUSM was selected, between January 23,1994 to the Date of Notice of Resolution (hereinafter, a “Covered MPA”) is considered a “Merit Promotion Eligible Claimant,” subject to the exclusions identified in V(B)(3) below, for Merit Promotion Remedial Relief in the form of one (1) Priority Consideration provided by the Director for MPAs or the Assistant Director for a Voluntary Reassignment Opportunity (hereinafter, “VRO”) The Merit Promotion Eligible Claimant may exercise one priority consideration for either an MPA or VRO but not both. Eligibility is determined based on MPA records and NFC data, or if Agency records are not available, through the Claimant’s Executed Claim Form.
