WAS PAID UNDER HIS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT WITH YOUR REGIONAL OFFICE. THE FACTS INVOLVED ARE AS FOLLOWS: MR. SIMPSON WAS RETIRED FROM HIS POSITION AS SUPERVISORY APPRAISER WITH YOUR SAN ANTONIO OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 30. HE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH THAT REGIONAL OFFICE TO PERFORM DUTIES AS A CONSTRUCTION AND VALUATION TECHNICIAN ON THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS PAID AT THE PER DIEM RATE OF $25 FOR 197...

THAT RETIREMENT ANNUITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 13 (B) OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT ACT FROM THE AMOUNT PAID TO YOU UNDER YOUR CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. A MAJOR FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER A PERSON IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR IS EMPLOYED UNDER A PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACT IN AN EMPLOYER -EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP IS THE ME...

SIMPSON WAS EMPLOYED BY THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL OFFICE. THE INDEBTEDNESS RESULTED BECAUSE NO DEDUCTIONS WERE MADE FROM THE PAYMENT MR. SIMPSON RECEIVED UNDER HIS CONTRACTS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE RETIREMENT ANNUITY ALLOCABLE TO THE PERIODS HE WAS EMPLOYED BY CONTRACT AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 13 (B) OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT ACT. SIMPSON BY A SERIES OF CONTRACTS AFTER HIS RETIREM...