A-16666, MAY 7, 1968
Highlights
DARLING: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 25. TO AN INACTIVE DUTY STATUS YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE CORRECT AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RETIRED PAY DUE AND PAYABLE TO YOU UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LAW APPLICABLE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR CASE. NO RETROACTIVE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF RETIRED PAY IS DUE YOU. YOU WERE ADVISED THAT YOUR NAVAL PAY RECORDS SHOW "THAT YOU WERE PROPERLY CREDITED ACTIVE DUTY PAY COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 12. APPARENTLY HAVING REFERENCE TO THE ABOVE-QUOTED STATEMENT YOU ASSERT THAT YOU "NEVER RECEIVED THIS AMOUNT" AND YOU INQUIRE "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND TO WHAT WILL IT BE CREDITED. WAS PAY AT THE RATE OF $500 PER MONTH. OTHER ITEMS CREDITED WERE FOR RENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES AND INCREASES IN BASE PAY FOR SEA DUTY AND FOREIGN SERVICE DUTY.
A-16666, MAY 7, 1968
TO COMMANDER ROY A. DARLING:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 25, 1968, CONCERNING YOUR RETIRED PAY AND OTHER MATTERS.
YOUR RETIRED PAY ACCOUNT (AS ADJUSTED TO DATE) SHOWS THAT EFFECTIVE WITH THE DATE OF YOUR RELEASE ON DECEMBER 16, 1945, TO AN INACTIVE DUTY STATUS YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE CORRECT AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RETIRED PAY DUE AND PAYABLE TO YOU UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LAW APPLICABLE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR CASE. NO RETROACTIVE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF RETIRED PAY IS DUE YOU.
IN OUR LAST LETTER TO YOU A-16666, MARCH 1, 1968, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT YOUR NAVAL PAY RECORDS SHOW "THAT YOU WERE PROPERLY CREDITED ACTIVE DUTY PAY COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 12, 1944, AT THE RATE OF $500 PER MONTH AS A COMMANDER WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.' APPARENTLY HAVING REFERENCE TO THE ABOVE-QUOTED STATEMENT YOU ASSERT THAT YOU "NEVER RECEIVED THIS AMOUNT" AND YOU INQUIRE "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND TO WHAT WILL IT BE CREDITED, INSTEAD OF PAID?
THE QUESTIONED STATEMENT SIMPLY MEANS THAT AMONG THE ITEMS CREDITED TO YOUR PAY ACCOUNT DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 12, 1944, TO DECEMBER 15, 1945, INCLUSIVE (THE LAST DAY OF YOUR ACTIVE DUTY), WAS PAY AT THE RATE OF $500 PER MONTH, THE ACTIVE DUTY PAY OF A COMMANDER WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. OTHER ITEMS CREDITED WERE FOR RENTAL AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES AND INCREASES IN BASE PAY FOR SEA DUTY AND FOREIGN SERVICE DUTY. YOU WERE PAID IN CASH AND CHECK PAYMENTS DURING THAT PERIOD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL OF SUCH CREDITS AND THE TOTAL DEBITS (ALLOTMENTS, ETC.) PROPERLY CHARGEABLE IN YOUR PAY ACCOUNT. THUS IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU DID IN FACT RECEIVE ALL THE ACTIVE DUTY PAY PROPERLY DUE YOU.
IT APPEARING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID THE ACTIVE DUTY AND RETIRED PAY TO WHICH YOU WERE AND ARE ENTITLED, IT WOULD SEEM THAT NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE IN THIS MATTER.