B-128589, FEB. 12, 1957
Highlights
YOUR CLAIM WAS DENIED FOR THE REASON THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HAD DETERMINED YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY BENEFITS UNDER THE MISSING PERSONS ACT. YOU AGAIN WERE ADVISED. THAT THE MISSING PERSONS ACT VESTED IN THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNED THE FINAL AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER BENEFITS UNDER THE ACT ARE PAYABLE AND SINCE THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY HAD DETERMINED THAT YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO THESE BENEFITS SUCH ACTION CANNOT BE QUESTIONED BY OUR OFFICE. CONTAINS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHICH A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION CULD BE BASED YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE PREVIOUS ACTION IN DISALLOWING YOUR CLAIM IS PROPER AND HEREBY IS SUSTAINED.
B-128589, FEB. 12, 1957
TO MR. TEODOLO L. CASCON:
YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 16, 1956, REQUESTS FURTHER REVIEW OF THE ACTION TAKEN BY OUR OFFICE IN DENYING YOUR CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSING PERSONS ACT, AS AMENDED, 50 U.S.C. APPENDIX 1001 ET SEQ.
YOUR CLAIM WAS DENIED FOR THE REASON THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HAD DETERMINED YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY BENEFITS UNDER THE MISSING PERSONS ACT, AS AMENDED. BY LETTER DATED AUGUST 27, 1956, YOU AGAIN WERE ADVISED, PURSUANT TO YOUR REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, THAT THE MISSING PERSONS ACT VESTED IN THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNED THE FINAL AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER BENEFITS UNDER THE ACT ARE PAYABLE AND SINCE THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY HAD DETERMINED THAT YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO THESE BENEFITS SUCH ACTION CANNOT BE QUESTIONED BY OUR OFFICE.
SINCE YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 16, 1956, CONTAINS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHICH A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION CULD BE BASED YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE PREVIOUS ACTION IN DISALLOWING YOUR CLAIM IS PROPER AND HEREBY IS SUSTAINED.