B-205111: Feb 19, 1982

GAO was asked to determine whether a correction of military records to reflect a service member's entitlement to disability retirement pay enables the member to receive retroactive pay or whether payment is barred on amounts that accrued more than 6 years prior to the date the claim was filed with GAO. The Army found that the claimant was permanently incapacitated. The cause of the incapacity orig...

B-205111: Feb 19, 1982

DIGEST: THE ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS FOUND THAT A FORMER ARMY MEMBER IS ENTITLED TO DISABILITY RETIRED PAY UNDER A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE INTERPRETATION OF APPLICABLE LAW. BARS PAYMENT OF THAT PORTION OF THE CLAIM FOR RETIRED PAY WHICH ACCRUED MORE THAN 6 YEARS BEFORE THE CLAIM WAS RECEIVED. RETIRED: THIS ACTION IS TO DECIDE WHETHER A CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS IN 1981 TO REFL...