B-157410, AUG. 12, 1965
Highlights
GERTRUDE HORTON: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR COMMUNICATION OF RECENT DATE WHEREIN YOU APPARENTLY REQUEST RECONSIDERATION OF OUR CLAIMS DIVISION SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 23. YOU REFER TO THE FACT THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE SEPARATION PAY WHEN YOU WERE SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE. YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF . SEPARATION PAY" AS MUCH WHEN A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE IS SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE. AN EMPLOYEE SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE IS ENTITLED ONLY TO UNPAID SALARY AND. STATES THAT YOU WERE PAID IN FULL ALL COMPENSATION DUE YOU AT THE TIME OF YOUR SEPARATION. WAS CORRECT AND MUST BE SUSTAINED.
B-157410, AUG. 12, 1965
TO MRS. GERTRUDE HORTON:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR COMMUNICATION OF RECENT DATE WHEREIN YOU APPARENTLY REQUEST RECONSIDERATION OF OUR CLAIMS DIVISION SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 23, 1963, WHICH DENIED YOUR CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION UPON YOUR SEPARATION FOR DISABILITY AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ON MARCH 6, 1957.
YOU REFER TO THE FACT THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE SEPARATION PAY WHEN YOU WERE SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE. IN THAT CONNECTION, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF ,SEPARATION PAY" AS MUCH WHEN A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE IS SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE. UNDER EXISTING LAW, AN EMPLOYEE SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE IS ENTITLED ONLY TO UNPAID SALARY AND, IN CERTAIN CASES, TO LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE TO HIS OR HER CREDIT AT THE TIME OF SEPARATION. THE REPORT FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED, STATES THAT YOU WERE PAID IN FULL ALL COMPENSATION DUE YOU AT THE TIME OF YOUR SEPARATION.
THEREFORE, THE DENIAL OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION BY OUR SETTLEMENT OF JANUARY 23, 1963, WAS CORRECT AND MUST BE SUSTAINED.