@suvro  or @Michelle Kelly I am attempting to utilize the same process. The issue I am running into is once the approval is "returned to requestor" the ritm does no update the approval status to rejected (actually it goes from requested to not yet requested). If I manually change the approval on the ritm to rejected everything works as expected. Also if I simply reject or approve everything works as expected.

Have you seen this or have an idea what might be causing it? I wouldn't think its a business rule or anything as technically its just rejecting the approval.