B-170443, AUG. 12, 1970
Highlights
BECAUSE CLAIM WAS NOT RECEIVED IN GAO UNTIL OCT. 23. WILLIAMS: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR UNDATED LETTER POSTMARKED JUNE 24. YOUR PRESENT CLAIM WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON OCTOBER 23. YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. BAR CONSIDERATION OF ANY CLAIM COGNIZABLE BY THIS OFFICE IF SUCH CLAIM IS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN THE 10- YEAR LIMITATION PERIOD THERE PRESCRIBED. SINCE YOUR CLAIM WAS NOT RECEIVED IN THIS OFFICE UNTIL OCTOBER 23. IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO FURNISH INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR SERVICE IN THE AIR FORCE RESERVE.
B-170443, AUG. 12, 1970
MILITARY -- RETIREMENT -- CREDITABLE ENLISTED SERVICE DECISION SUSTAINING DISALLOWANCE OF CLAIM OF RETIRED AIR FORCE MEMBER FOR ADDITIONAL PAY BASED ON ENLISTED SERVICE DURING PERIOD APRIL 22, 1924 TO FEB. 3, 1926, BECAUSE CLAIM WAS NOT RECEIVED IN GAO UNTIL OCT. 23, 1969.
TO COLONEL CLANTON W. WILLIAMS:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR UNDATED LETTER POSTMARKED JUNE 24, 1970, REQUESTING REVIEW OF OUR CLAIMS DIVISION SETTLEMENT OF FEBRUARY 10, 1970, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL BASIC PAY BELIEVED TO BE DUE YOU ON THE BASIS OF CREDITABLE ENLISTED SERVICE DURING THE PERIOD APRIL 22, 1924, TO FEBRUARY 3, 1926, NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH PAY.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN YOUR LETTER INDICATES THAT DURING YOUR PERIODS OF EXTENDED ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE, YOU FILED NO CLAIM IN THIS OFFICE CONCERNING THE MATTER HERE INVOLVED. YOUR PRESENT CLAIM WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON OCTOBER 23, 1969.
IN THIS CONNECTION, YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, CH. 788, 54 STAT. 1061, 31 U.S.C. 71A, WHICH, WITH EXCEPTIONS NOT APPLICABLE HERE, BAR CONSIDERATION OF ANY CLAIM COGNIZABLE BY THIS OFFICE IF SUCH CLAIM IS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN THE 10- YEAR LIMITATION PERIOD THERE PRESCRIBED. SINCE YOUR CLAIM WAS NOT RECEIVED IN THIS OFFICE UNTIL OCTOBER 23, 1969, CONSIDERATION MAY BE GIVEN TO ONLY THAT PART OF THE CLAIM WHICH ACCRUED ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 23, 1959.
IN ORDER FOR THIS OFFICE TO GIVE FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO YOUR CLAIM, AND TO OBTAIN YOUR MORE RECENT PAY RECORDS, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO FURNISH INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR SERVICE IN THE AIR FORCE RESERVE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE UNIT WITH WHICH YOU SERVED AND WHERE YOU PERFORMED YOUR ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING DURING THE FOLLOWING PERIODS: NOVEMBER 12 TO NOVEMBER 14, 1959, JUNE 5 TO JUNE 19, 1960, AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 13, 1960, AUGUST 31 TO SEPTEMBER 14, 1961, AND JULY 9 TO JULY 23, 1962.