personal casualty losses, legal expenses for separation or divorce, or losses as a result of a major disaster (which must be declared by FEMA). Post-employment Separated and retired participants are not eligible for TSP loans. Participants who retire under age and who withdraw their balances (either in a lump sum, partial withdrawal, or by annuity) are not subject to the early withdrawal penalty. Participants who leave Federal service may leave their accounts with the TSP, roll over the TSP accounts into an IRA or (if leaving for a non-Federal employer, and where eligible) a retirement account with the new employer, subject to the requirements below. Upon separation, any balances less than $200 (but at least $5) will be automatically cashed out in a single payment; amounts less than $5 are not automatically cashed out and are forfeited to the TSP, but the participant may later request payment. The participant then has 60 days to complete the rollover of the funds to a qualifying account to preserve their tax-deferred status. For participants having balances of $200 or more, upon separation the following options are available (spouses' rights apply when the balance exceeds $3,500): A participant may leave their funds in the TSP, but if the employee does not withdraw the entire balance (or receive monthly payments or purchase an annuity) by April 1 of the year following the year the member turns age 72 (or, if the member separated from Federal service after age 72, the year following separation; unlike IRA rules which require withdrawal at that time regardless of employment status) required minimum distributions will be made per tax laws. A participant may request a partial withdrawal provided that the balance is at least $1,000. A participant may request a full withdrawal in a combination of any or all of the following options: A single payment (which may be rolled over into a qualifying retirement account), Periodic payments (monthly, quarterly, or annually) based on a dollar amount or request TSP compute lifetime payments (these may be changed no sooner than every 30 days, may be rolled over into a qualifying retirement account, and at any time the participant may request a final single payment of the remaining balance; also an employee may request a partial withdrawal along with periodic payments), and/or A life annuity (provided there is at least $3,500 available in the account to purchase the annuity), based on