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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.