(a) Employees covered. A current or former civil service employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as defined by title 38 of the U.S. Code, or by 5 U.S.C. 2105.

(b) Appeals covered. This subpart prescribes general procedures applicable to appeals, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 723, by a covered employee to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), or designee, regarding an order by the Secretary of the VA, or designee, directing the employee to repay the amount, or a portion of the amount, paid to or on behalf of an employee for relocation expenses under title 5 of the U.S. Code, including any expenses under 5 U.S.C. 5724 or 5724(a), or under title 38 of the U.S. Code.

(c) Appeals not covered. Any disciplinary or adverse action, or any performance-based action taken by the VA (including any such action that may have served as a basis for the Secretary of the VA, or designee, to order repayment of a relocation expense by an employee of the VA) is not appealable under this subpart. Discrimination claims or prohibited personnel practice claims raised in an appeal are not subject to OPM review.

(d) Business days. Weekdays, which are Monday through Friday, except when such a day is designated as a Federal holiday by OPM, or the employee's assigned facility or OPM is closed for regular business, e.g., inclement weather, lapse in appropriations.