Claim for Retroactive Promotion

An employee appealed a settlement disallowing his claim for retroactive promotion and backpay. The promotion of the eligible employee may have been delayed for a short period of time because the employee was voluntarily transferred to a new permanent duty station which necessitated reprocessing of the promotion. The promotion was not delayed due to administrative or clerical error and was not an exception to the general rule forbidding retroactive promotions of government employees.