WE ARE SUSTAINING THE CLAIMS DIVISION'S ACTION. HE INDICATED HE FELT THAT PHS OFFICIALS HAD FAILED TO HONOR PROMISES MADE AT THE TIME OF HIS RECRUITMENT CONCERNING CERTAIN LABORATORY FACILITIES AND SECRETARIAL SERVICES WHICH WERE TO HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO HIM. HE WAS OBLIGATED TO REFUND $15. EDYNAK WAS NOT SUBJECT TO WAIVER AND DENIED HIS APPLICATION. HE SUGGESTS THAT IT IS THEREFORE UNCONSCI...

A former medical officer of the Public Health Service (PHS) requested reconsideration of the denial of his application for waiver of his debt to the United States. The debt was a result of his obligation to refund variable incentive pay because of his early resignation from PHS. The record showed that in 1976 the medical officer received a commissioned officer's appointment in PHS. At that time, h...