B-105517, OCT. 18, 1960
Highlights
VRADENBURG: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 2. YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF AUGUST 8. FOR THE REASON THAT YOU WERE RELEASED FROM ASSIGNED QUARTERS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15. UNDER APPLICABLE ARMY REGULATIONS NO RENTAL ALLOWANCE ACCRUED TO AN OFFICER ON THE DATE HIS ASSIGNMENT TO QUARTERS AT HIS PERMANENT STATION WAS TERMINATED. THE SETTLEMENT WAS SUSTAINED IN DECISION DATED JULY 18. THE ENCLOSURES WITH YOUR PRESENT LETTER IS A PHOTOCOPY OF A "CLEARANCE SHEET" DATED JANUARY 14. A PHOTOCOPY OF THE SAME PAPER WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BY YOU IN FEBRUARY 1954. WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM GIVING CONSIDERATION TO YOUR LETTER.
B-105517, OCT. 18, 1960
TO MAJOR BRADY J. VRADENBURG:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 2, 1960, WITH ENCLOSURE, REQUESTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR RENTAL ALLOWANCE AS FOR AN OFFICER WITHOUT DEPENDENTS FOR ONE DAY, JANUARY 15, 1944. YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF AUGUST 8, 1951, FOR THE REASON THAT YOU WERE RELEASED FROM ASSIGNED QUARTERS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15, 1944, AND UNDER APPLICABLE ARMY REGULATIONS NO RENTAL ALLOWANCE ACCRUED TO AN OFFICER ON THE DATE HIS ASSIGNMENT TO QUARTERS AT HIS PERMANENT STATION WAS TERMINATED. THE SETTLEMENT WAS SUSTAINED IN DECISION DATED JULY 18, 1952, B-105517, AND ADHERED TO IN LETTERS DATED FEBRUARY 26, 1954, AND SEPTEMBER 12, 1960, B-105517, ON THE BASIS THAT NO NEW OR MATERIAL EVIDENCE TO WARRANT FURTHER OR DIFFERENT ACTION THAN THAT PREVIOUSLY TAKEN IN THE DECISION OF A FORMER ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED.
THE ENCLOSURES WITH YOUR PRESENT LETTER IS A PHOTOCOPY OF A "CLEARANCE SHEET" DATED JANUARY 14, 1944. A PHOTOCOPY OF THE SAME PAPER WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BY YOU IN FEBRUARY 1954, AND CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME.
AS STATED IN OUR LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1960, THE PRESENT RECORD DOES NOT SHOW A MISTAKE IN FACT OR ERROR IN CALCULATION OR THE PRODUCTION OF NEW OR MATERIAL EVIDENCE, NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED, AND WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM GIVING CONSIDERATION TO YOUR LETTER.