B-202492: Oct 9, 1981

DIGEST: A SERVICE MEMBER RECEIVING AN UNEXPLAINED PAYMENT OF ACTIVE DUTY PAY WHICH THE ARMY SENT TO HIS BANK DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR AFTER HIS RETIREMENT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE PAYMENT WAS ERRONEOUS AND THAT HE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REFUND IT. HE IS NOT WITHOUT FAULT IN THE MATTER SO AS TO PERMIT WAIVER OF HIS DEBT. WE ARE SUSTAINING OUR CLAIMS DIVISION'S ACTION. WAS PAID REGULAR PAY AND ALLOWAN...

B-202492: Oct 9, 1981

A retired Army warrant officer requested reconsideration of the Claims Division's denial of his application for waiver of indebtedness. The debt arose from his receipt of an erroneous payment of pay and allowances after his discharge from the Army. At the time of the overpayment, the officer checked with local Army finance officers to see if they could determine the cause of the erroneous payment...