B-154454, OCT. 15, 1964
Highlights
CANLAS: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 23. FROM WHICH YOU WERE DISCHARGED ON FEBRUARY 21. YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. SINCE IT WAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 10 YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO YOUR DISCHARGE ON FEBRUARY 21.
B-154454, OCT. 15, 1964
TO MR. LORENZO C. CANLAS:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 23, 1964, AGAIN REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL MUSTERING-OUT PAY BELIEVED TO BE DUE INCIDENT TO YOUR SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM WHICH YOU WERE DISCHARGED ON FEBRUARY 21, 1949.
IN OUR DECISION, B-154454, DATED AUGUST 12, 1964, YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, 54 STAT. 1061, 31 U.S.C. 71A, PRECLUDES US FROM CONSIDERING YOUR CLAIM RECEIVED HERE SEPTEMBER 16, 1963, SINCE IT WAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 10 YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO YOUR DISCHARGE ON FEBRUARY 21, 1949, AND THAT THE FILING OF A CLAIM WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WITHIN THE LIMITATION PERIOD MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AS SUFFICIENT COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT, WHICH REQUIRES THAT CLAIMS MUST BE FILED IN THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.
YOUR PRESENT LETTER CONTAINS NO INFORMATION NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR CLAIM AND PROVIDES NO BASIS FOR ACTION DIFFERENT FROM THAT TAKEN IN THE DECISION OF AUGUST 12, 1964.