B-153307, JUL. 19, 1966
Highlights
NO AMOUNT WAS ALLOWED FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 13. SINCE YOUR OFFICIAL SERVICE RECORDS FOR THAT PERIOD WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HAS REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE YOUR SERVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 13. SINCE THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL RECORDS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR CLAIM FOR THAT PERIOD AND SINCE THE PRESENT UNAVAILABILITY OF EVIDENCE MAY BE DUE.
B-153307, JUL. 19, 1966
TO MR. WILBURN R. ARMSTRONG:
THIS REFERS TO YOUR LETTER OF MAY 3, 1966, REQUESTING REVIEW OF OUR SETTLEMENT DATED MARCH 23, 1966, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES PERFORMED AS A SECURITY GUARD AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANT, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.
OUR SETTLEMENT ALLOWED YOU OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR REPORTING TO WORK EACH DAY TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START OF YOUR SHIFT DURING THE PERIODS JUNE 19, 1955, TO JANUARY 12, 1957, AND JANUARY 10, 1960, TO FEBRUARY 5, 1961. HOWEVER, NO AMOUNT WAS ALLOWED FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 13, 1957, TO JANUARY 9, 1960, SINCE YOUR OFFICIAL SERVICE RECORDS FOR THAT PERIOD WERE UNAVAILABLE. BY YOUR LETTER OF MAY 3, 1966, YOU REQUEST THAT WE AGAIN CONSIDER YOUR CLAIM FOR OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 13, 1957, TO JANUARY 9, 1960.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HAS REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE YOUR SERVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 13, 1957, TO JANUARY 9, 1960, EITHER AT THE NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, OR AT THE FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. SINCE THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL RECORDS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR CLAIM FOR THAT PERIOD AND SINCE THE PRESENT UNAVAILABILITY OF EVIDENCE MAY BE DUE, IN PART, TO YOUR OWN DELAY IN FILING YOUR CLAIM, NO AMOUNT MAY BE ALLOWED FOR THE PERIOD CONCERNED.