B-153801, NOV. 29, 1965
Highlights
WOOD: WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 15. IT APPEARS FROM YOUR LETTER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS WHICH WERE FURNISHED IN OUR DECISION OF APRIL 29. A COPY OF WHICH LETTER APPARENTLY IS IN YOUR POSSESSION. IS NOT FOR APPLICATION IN YOUR CASE TO BAR YOUR CLAIM FOR ANY UNPAID AMOUNT. AS YOU WERE ADVISED IN THE ABOVE DECISION AND LETTERS. THIS OFFICE IS PROHIBITED BY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. FROM CONSIDERING YOUR CLAIM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT TIMELY FILED HERE. WE ARE WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER YOUR CLAIM FOR ANY AMOUNTS WHICH YOU BELIEVE TO BE DUE. YOU WERE ALSO ADVISED. THAT THE RECORD INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID ALL PAY AND ALLOWANCES DUE YOU ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR MILITARY SERVICE.
B-153801, NOV. 29, 1965
TO MR. CHARLES V. WOOD:
WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 15, 1965, FURTHER INQUIRING RELATIVE TO YOUR CLAIM FOR ARREARS OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES BELIEVED TO BE DUE INCIDENT TO YOUR SERVICE IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 23, 1943, TO NOVEMBER 16, 1945.
IT APPEARS FROM YOUR LETTER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS WHICH WERE FURNISHED IN OUR DECISION OF APRIL 29, 1964, B 153801, AND LETTERS OF MAY 21 AND JULY 1, 1964, TO YOU, AND IN OUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 10, 1965, TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM M. TUCK, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A COPY OF WHICH LETTER APPARENTLY IS IN YOUR POSSESSION, CONCERNING ALL ITEMS COMPRISING YOUR CLAIM, YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT THE ARMY HAS PAID YOU ONLY PART OF THE AMOUNT DUE YOU AS PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR YOUR MILITARY SERVICE, AND THAT THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, 54 STAT. 1061, 31 U.S.C. 71A, IS NOT FOR APPLICATION IN YOUR CASE TO BAR YOUR CLAIM FOR ANY UNPAID AMOUNT.
AS YOU WERE ADVISED IN THE ABOVE DECISION AND LETTERS, THIS OFFICE IS PROHIBITED BY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, FROM CONSIDERING YOUR CLAIM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT TIMELY FILED HERE, AND THEREFORE, WE ARE WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER YOUR CLAIM FOR ANY AMOUNTS WHICH YOU BELIEVE TO BE DUE. YOU WERE ALSO ADVISED, HOWEVER, THAT THE RECORD INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID ALL PAY AND ALLOWANCES DUE YOU ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR MILITARY SERVICE.
SINCE YOUR LETTER IS MERELY A REITERATION OF INFORMATION WHICH PREVIOUSLY WAS BEFORE US FOR CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO AGAIN ADVISE YOU THAT FURTHER ACTION ON YOUR CLAIM IS EXPRESSLY PRECLUDED BY LAW. CONSEQUENTLY, YOU ARE AGAIN ADVISED THAT FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE FROM YOU ON THIS MATTER WILL SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE AND WILL BE FILED WITHOUT REPLY.
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUERY, THE FINANCE CENTER, U.S. ARMY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, HAS FORWARDED TO THIS OFFICE SEVERAL LETTERS WHICH YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO THEM CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM.