; or (B) in the case of a covered individual who does not so respond, 15 business days after the date on which the head of the agency provided notice to the individual under paragraph (2)(A), to the maximum extent practicable. (4) Appeal A covered individual with respect to whom an annuity is to be reduced under this subsection may appeal the final order under paragraph (3) to the Merit Systems Protection Board in accordance with any regulations that the Board may prescribe for purposes of this subsection. An appeal may not be made under this paragraph later than that date that is 10 business days after the date on which an order is issued under paragraph (3). (b) Administrative requirements (1) In general Not later than 30 business days after the date on which the head of an agency issues a final order under subsection (a) or a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board is rendered (as the case may be) with respect to an individual, the applicable employing agency shall amend the covered individual’s retirement records to reflect the period of service that is no longer creditable by operation of this section and transmit the amended records to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. (2) Annuitants With respect to any covered individual who is an annuitant on the date on which a final order is so issued, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, not later than 30 business days after the receipt of amended retirement records from an agency under paragraph (1), recalculate the annuity of the annuitant. (c) Lump-Sum annuity credit A covered individual with respect to whom an annuity is reduced under subsection (a) shall be entitled to be paid so much of the individual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to the period of felonious service. (d) Spouse exception The spouse of any covered individual referred to in subsection (a) shall be eligible for spousal annuity benefits that, but for subsection (a), would otherwise have been payable if the Attorney General of the United States