B-156689, JUN. 16, 1965
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VITO MICHAEL MECCA: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 15. WHILE YOU WERE SERVING IN THE ARMY. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU BY THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE THAT THE TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS OF $176.33 THERE SHOWN WAS MADE UP OF THE FIVE ITEMS OF $9.75. YOU WERE FURNISHED INFORMATION CONCERNING EACH OF THE FIVE ITEMS. YOU WERE ADVISED IN THAT LETTER THAT NO AMOUNT WAS DUE ON YOUR CLAIM BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE SUM OF $176.33. WE HAVE CAREFULLY REEXAMINED ALL THE PAPERS IN OUR FILE RELATING TO YOUR CASE AND WE FIND NOTHING THEREIN WHICH WARRANTS A CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS A BASIS FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT ON YOUR CLAIM.
B-156689, JUN. 16, 1965
TO MR. VITO MICHAEL MECCA:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 15, 1965, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR $156.28, REPRESENTING PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR 47 DAYS OF UNUSED ACCRUED LEAVE FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 2, 1946, TO APRIL 22, 1948, WHILE YOU WERE SERVING IN THE ARMY. ALSO, THERE HAS BEEN RECEIVED YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 4, 1965.
IN LETTER OF APRIL 7, 1965, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU BY THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE THAT THE TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS OF $176.33 THERE SHOWN WAS MADE UP OF THE FIVE ITEMS OF $9.75, $3.70, $12.88, $100, AND $50, AND YOU WERE FURNISHED INFORMATION CONCERNING EACH OF THE FIVE ITEMS. ALSO, YOU WERE ADVISED IN THAT LETTER THAT NO AMOUNT WAS DUE ON YOUR CLAIM BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE SUM OF $176.33, SHOWN AS DUE FROM YOU TO THE GOVERNMENT, EXCEEDED BY $20.05 THE SUM OF $156.28 SHOWN AS DUE FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO YOU. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAD ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT $20.05 MORE THAN THE AMOUNT DUE.
WE HAVE CAREFULLY REEXAMINED ALL THE PAPERS IN OUR FILE RELATING TO YOUR CASE AND WE FIND NOTHING THEREIN WHICH WARRANTS A CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS A BASIS FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT ON YOUR CLAIM. IT MAY BE STATED THAT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY IN CHANGING THE TYPE OF YOUR DISCHARGE HAD NO EFFECT ON THE COURT-MARTIAL FORFEITURE OF $60 UNDER THE SUMMARY COURT-MARTIAL OF JUNE 4, 1947. NONE OF THE ITEMS OF INDEBTEDNESS HERE INVOLVED REPRESENT OVERPAYMENTS MADE TO YOUR FORMER WIFE. CONCERNING YOUR INQUIRY AS TO HER PRESENT ADDRESS, YOU ..END :