B-147414, JUN. 6, 1963
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" WHICH WAS RECEIVED IN THIS OFFICE MARCH 26. WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF OUR SETTLEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 18. YOUR ENTITLEMENT TO SUCH ALLOWANCE WAS BASED UPON THE PARTICULAR REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO QUARTERS ALLOWANCE AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE AN EMPLOYEE WITH A DEPENDENT CHILD WHO RESIDED WITH YOU AT YOUR OVERSEAS STATION. CONCERNING YOUR ENTITLEMENT TO EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS UPON YOUR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES WHICH INVOLVES DIFFERENT REGULATIONS YOU WERE ADVISED IN THE SETTLEMENT THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF PROPER RECORDS WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT MIGHT BE DUE FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEPARATE RETURN OF YOUR HUSBAND AND YOURSELF (INCLUDING CHILD) TO YOUR FORMER HOMES IN VIRGINIA AND CALIFORNIA.
B-147414, JUN. 6, 1963
TO MRS. NORMA W. LARSON:
YOUR LETTER DATED "15 OCTOBER 1963," WHICH WAS RECEIVED IN THIS OFFICE MARCH 26, 1963, REQUESTS FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THAT PART OF YOUR CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE INCIDENT TO YOUR RETURN FROM OVERSEAS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF OUR SETTLEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 18, 1962.
IN OUR SETTLEMENT WE APPROVED PAYMENT OF THAT PORTION OF YOUR CLAIM CONCERNING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE AT THE "WITH FAMILY" RATE FOR THE PERIOD FOLLOWING YOUR HUSBAND'S DEPARTURE FROM OVERSEAS. YOUR ENTITLEMENT TO SUCH ALLOWANCE WAS BASED UPON THE PARTICULAR REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO QUARTERS ALLOWANCE AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE AN EMPLOYEE WITH A DEPENDENT CHILD WHO RESIDED WITH YOU AT YOUR OVERSEAS STATION.
CONCERNING YOUR ENTITLEMENT TO EXPENSES OF TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS UPON YOUR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES WHICH INVOLVES DIFFERENT REGULATIONS YOU WERE ADVISED IN THE SETTLEMENT THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF PROPER RECORDS WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT MIGHT BE DUE FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEPARATE RETURN OF YOUR HUSBAND AND YOURSELF (INCLUDING CHILD) TO YOUR FORMER HOMES IN VIRGINIA AND CALIFORNIA.
THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE FURNISHED TO DATE HAS BEEN HELPFUL BUT WE NEED TO KNOW (1) WHETHER YOUR HUSBAND ACCOMPANIED YOU TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING THE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD SHORTLY AFTER YOUR RETURN FROM FRANCE, (2) THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES (SUPPORTED BY RECEIPTED BILLS AND WEIGHT INFORMATION) INCURRED IN MOVING HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FROM ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, OR WASHINGTON, D.C., TO CALIFORNIA, (3) RECEIPTED BILLS COVERING THE EXPENSES OF STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS IN WASHINGTON (NOT TO EXCEED 60 DAYS), AND (4) THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF ALL HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS OF THE FAMILY WHICH WERE INVOLVED IN THE MOVE FROM FRANCE TO ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND CALIFORNIA.
SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE THE FOREGOING INFORMATION IN OUR FILES WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO DENY YOUR CLAIM AT THIS TIME.