B-171333, JAN 18, 1971
Highlights
MUSTERING-OUT PAY DENIAL OF CLAIM FOR MUSTERING-OUT PAY BELIEVED DUE INCIDENT TO SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS DURING WORLD WAR II ON BASIS THAT WHERE THE CLAIM IS NOT RECEIVED WITHIN 10 YEARS FROM THE DATE IT ACCRUED. IT IS BARRED BY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. CORPUZ: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 21. WHICH WAS FORWARDED TO THIS OFFICE FOR REPLY. THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YOUR LETTERS OF OCTOBER 6. THIS MATTER WAS THE SUBJECT OF LETTERS FROM OUR CLAIMS DIVISION DATED MAY 31. IN WHICH YOU WERE ADVISED THAT CONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR SUCH PAY WAS BARRED BY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9. SINCE IT WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN THE 10-YEAR LIMITATION PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THAT ACT.
B-171333, JAN 18, 1971
MUSTERING-OUT PAY DENIAL OF CLAIM FOR MUSTERING-OUT PAY BELIEVED DUE INCIDENT TO SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS DURING WORLD WAR II ON BASIS THAT WHERE THE CLAIM IS NOT RECEIVED WITHIN 10 YEARS FROM THE DATE IT ACCRUED, IT IS BARRED BY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, 31 U.S.C. 71A.
TO MR. LORETO S. CORPUZ:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 21, 1969, ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY FINANCE CENTER, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, WHICH WAS FORWARDED TO THIS OFFICE FOR REPLY, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR MUSTERING- OUT PAY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 BELIEVED DUE INCIDENT TO YOUR MILITARY SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II. THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YOUR LETTERS OF OCTOBER 6, 1969, AND MARCH 5, 1970, RELATING TO YOUR CLAIM.
THIS MATTER WAS THE SUBJECT OF LETTERS FROM OUR CLAIMS DIVISION DATED MAY 31, 1968, AND SEPTEMBER 24, 1968, IN WHICH YOU WERE ADVISED THAT CONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR SUCH PAY WAS BARRED BY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 9, 1940, CH. 788, 54 STAT. 1061, 31 U.S.C. 71A, SINCE IT WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN THE 10-YEAR LIMITATION PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THAT ACT.
CONCERNING YOUR APPARENT BELIEF THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO MUSTERING OUT PAY "UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT. NO. 263 OF THE 88TH CONGRESS, DATED 9 JANUARY 1963, APPROVED SEPTEMBER 30, 1969,' YOU ARE ADVISED THAT NEITHER PUBLIC LAW 88-263 (WHICH WAS APPROVED JANUARY 31, 1964, AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MUSTERING-OUT PAY), NOR ANY OTHER LAW OF WHICH WE ARE AWARE, AUTHORIZES THE PAYMENT OF YOUR CLAIM. ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE HAD TO MUSTERING-OUT PAY ACCRUED UNDER THE MUSTERING-OUT PAYMENT ACT OF 1944, CH. 9, 58 STAT. 8, AS AMENDED, 38 U.S.C. 691 ET SEQ. (1946 ED.), AND IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPHS 313-322 OF T.M. 14-502. HOWEVER, ALL CLAIMS FOR MUSTERING-OUT PAY UNDER THOSE PROVISIONS OF LAW AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE BAR IMPOSED BY THE 10-YEAR LIMITATION PERIOD PRESCRIBED BY THE 1940 ACT.
IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT YOUR CLAIM WAS FIRST RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON MAY 22, 1968, MORE THAN 20 YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR DISCHARGE ON JULY 15, 1947, THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION THIS OFFICE MAY LEGALLY TAKE ON SUCH CLAIM.