retirement-eligible employee
(9) the term “retirement-eligible employee”— (A) means an individual who, if the individual separated from the service, would meet the requirements for retirement under subsection (a) or (b) of section 8412; and (B) does not include— (i) an individual who, if the individual separated from the service, would meet the requirements for retirement under subsection (d) or (e) of section 8412; but (ii) does not include an employee described in section 8425 after the date on which the employee is required to be separated from the service by reason of such section; and