Withdrawal Question From a Member

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Question from a member:

Last year I had to draw some funds from my TSP account for personal reasons and I paid the price of 20% tax withholding. My concern is that I don't know if that withdrawal precludes me from doing the one-time roll-over into a private sector IRA (something which I could normally do because I am over age 59 and 1/2). Please advise. Thanks!

All I could offer was what was posted on tsp.gov:

"While you are employed by the Federal Government, you can make a one-time-only withdrawal of all or any portion of your vested account balance if you are 59½ or older.

If you make an age-based withdrawal from your account, you will not be eligible for a partial withdrawal from that account after you separate from service."
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That may not answer your question, but it sounds like you can only make a full withdrawal now, and a roll over should be OK. That is just a guess.

Can anyone else help out? Thanks!