252 Reasons for Denial

Reasons for the denial of a request for an accommodation may include the following:

• Medical documentation or other evidence is inadequate to establish that the individual has a disability because the impairment does not substantially limit any major life activity.
• The applicant or employee is not a qualified individual with a disability.
• The evidence is inadequate to establish that the individual needs accommodation in order to perform essential job function(s).
• The requested accommodation will do the following:
• Require elimination of essential job functions.
• Not be effective.
• Violate seniority provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (see 226.4).
• Result in undue hardship to the Postal Service.
• Not adequately eliminate or minimize the direct threat of harm to an acceptable level.
• Require unsuitable changes to vehicles, vehicle assignments, or automated mail processing machines (see Subchapter 55).
• The deciding official denied the requested accommodation and alternative accommodations the deciding official considered were ineffective.