A Navy employee appealed a Claims Group decision which denied his claim for reinstatement of his advanced rate of pay. The Navy discovered that it had erroneously based the employee's advanced rate on the retired pay he was receiving from his previous job and it corrected the mistake by excluding the retired pay and recalculating his salary to a lower figure. The employee disagreed with the action...

COMPENSATION - DOWNGRADING - CLAIM FOR HIGHER GRADE SALARY DIGEST: EMPLOYEE WAS HIRED BY THE NAVY. HIS PAY WAS SET AT STEP 8 OF GRADE GS -15 BASED ON SUPERIOR QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY IN 5 U.S.C. HIS PAY WAS LATER REDUCED TO STEP 1 BASED UPON INSTRUCTIONS OF OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM) THAT MILITARY RETIRED PAY CANNOT BE CONSIDERED IN ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED RATE UNDER A SUPERIOR QUALIFI...