After reading all these articles about the processing backlog, I was pleasantly surprised at how fast my retirement was processed. I retired on 12/31/17, received interim payments on 2/1 and 3/1 and was notified adjudication was finalized along with payment settlement on 3/2. It took longer to get final payment of accrued leave from my agency than it did to get my first payment from OPM.
After reading all these articles about the processing backlog, I was pleasantly surprised at how fast my retirement was processed. I retired on 12/31/17, received interim payments on 2/1 and 3/1 and was notified adjudication was finalized along with payment settlement on 3/2. It took longer to get final payment of accrued leave from my agency than it did to get my first payment from OPM.