B-120917, DEC. 5, 1968
Highlights
HALL: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 28. YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE SETTLEMENT DATED APRIL 27. FOR THE REASON THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN GLIDER FLIGHTS WAS NOT DIRECTED BY WRITTEN ORDERS ISSUED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY OR VERBAL ORDERS PROPERLY CONFIRMED IN WRITING BY SUCH AUTHORITY. AT YOUR REQUEST YOUR CLAIM WAS THOROUGHLY RECONSIDERED AND BY DECISION OF DECEMBER 27. THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM WAS SUSTAINED. WHO IS THE OFFICIAL CUSTODIAN OF THE SERVICE RECORDS OF ARMY PERSONNEL. YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE A QUALIFIED AIRBORNE SOLDIER AND WERE VERBALLY DIRECTED AND ORDERED TO PERFORM GLIDER FLIGHTS DURING THE PERIOD OF YOUR CLAIM. WHILE YOU HAVE SUBMITTED CERTIFICATES SHOWING THAT YOU MADE GLIDER FLIGHTS ON MAY 26 AND OCTOBER 4.
B-120917, DEC. 5, 1968
TO THOMAS B. HALL:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 28, 1968, REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR GLIDER PAY FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 1950 TO JANUARY 31, 1951, WHILE SERVING AS A WARRANT OFFICER OF THE REGULAR ARMY ATTACHED TO THE 505TH AIRBORNE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION.
YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE SETTLEMENT DATED APRIL 27, 1954, FOR THE REASON THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN GLIDER FLIGHTS WAS NOT DIRECTED BY WRITTEN ORDERS ISSUED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY OR VERBAL ORDERS PROPERLY CONFIRMED IN WRITING BY SUCH AUTHORITY. AT YOUR REQUEST YOUR CLAIM WAS THOROUGHLY RECONSIDERED AND BY DECISION OF DECEMBER 27, 1954, B-120917, THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM WAS SUSTAINED. WE POINTED OUT THEREIN THAT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY, WHO IS THE OFFICIAL CUSTODIAN OF THE SERVICE RECORDS OF ARMY PERSONNEL, ADVISED US THAT A SEARCH OF THE RECORDS DID NOT DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF WRITTEN ORDERS REQUIRED TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF YOUR CLAIM.
YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE A QUALIFIED AIRBORNE SOLDIER AND WERE VERBALLY DIRECTED AND ORDERED TO PERFORM GLIDER FLIGHTS DURING THE PERIOD OF YOUR CLAIM. WHILE YOU HAVE SUBMITTED CERTIFICATES SHOWING THAT YOU MADE GLIDER FLIGHTS ON MAY 26 AND OCTOBER 4, 1950, YOU HAVE NOT FURNISHED THE NECESSARY ORDERS TO SUPPORT YOUR CLAIM.
THE INFORMATION IN YOUR LETTER AND THE PAPERS ENCLOSED WITH IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THAT CONTAINED IN THE RECORD ON WHICH THE DECISION OF DECEMBER 27, 1954, WAS BASED. SINCE NO NEW MATERIAL EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRESENTED, THE ACTION TAKEN ON YOUR CLAIM MUST BE ADHERED TO. ..END :