B-90580, JUN. 21, 1960
Highlights
CAVITE CITY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MARCH 26. YOU WERE INFORMED THAT THE CHECKS FOR SUCH RETIRED PAY WOULD BE SENT TO YOU. THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER WHICH INDICATES THAT YOUR CLAIM WAS VALID AND WOULD BE PAID. YOU WERE ADVISED AS TO THE REASONS WHY THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM BY SETTLEMENT DATED JULY 30. WAS SUSTAINED. THE MATTER WAS AGAIN CONSIDERED IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 23. YOU WERE ADVISED BY LETTER DATED AUGUST 5. REVISION OF OUR PRIOR ACTION WAS NOT WARRANTED. WHILE IT IS ASSUMED THAT OUR LETTER OF AUGUST 5. WAS DELIVERED TO YOU IN DUE COURSE. A COPY THEREOF IS INCLOSED FOR YOUR INFORMATION IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE SUCH LETTER.
B-90580, JUN. 21, 1960
TO MR. CIPRIANO PORTELLO, MANILA BOULEVARD, CAVITE CITY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MARCH 26, 1960, REGARDING YOUR CLAIM FOR RETIRED PAY FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 1941, AS NATIVE MACHINIST'S MATE, SECOND CLASS, UNITED STATES NAVY, RETIRED. YOU STATE THAT IN OUR COMMUNICATION DATED JUNE 12, 1959, YOU WERE INFORMED THAT THE CHECKS FOR SUCH RETIRED PAY WOULD BE SENT TO YOU. YOU REQUEST THAT SUCH CHECKS BE FORWARDED TO YOU WITH THE LEAST POSSIBLE DELAY.
OUR LETTER OF JUNE 12, 1959, RELATIVE TO YOUR CLAIM, MERELY STATED THAT THE MATTER WOULD RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION AND THAT YOU WOULD BE ADVISE FURTHER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER WHICH INDICATES THAT YOUR CLAIM WAS VALID AND WOULD BE PAID.
IN A LETTER TO YOU DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 1952, B-90580, YOU WERE ADVISED AS TO THE REASONS WHY THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM BY SETTLEMENT DATED JULY 30, 1950, WAS SUSTAINED. THE MATTER WAS AGAIN CONSIDERED IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 23, 1959, AND YOU WERE ADVISED BY LETTER DATED AUGUST 5, 1959, THAT YOUR "PARDON" WITH RESPECT TO YOUR ACTIVITIES FROM 1942 TO 1945 HAD BEEN CONSIDERED IN BOTH THE SETTLEMENT AND THE REVIEW OF YOUR CLAIM AND THAT SINCE YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 23, 1959, CONTAINED NO INFORMATION NOT THERETOFORE CONSIDERED, REVISION OF OUR PRIOR ACTION WAS NOT WARRANTED.
WHILE IT IS ASSUMED THAT OUR LETTER OF AUGUST 5, 1959, WAS DELIVERED TO YOU IN DUE COURSE, A COPY THEREOF IS INCLOSED FOR YOUR INFORMATION IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE SUCH LETTER. YOU ARE AGAIN ADVISED THAT WE FIND NO BASIS FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM.