B-222114: Sep 4, 1986

TRANSPORTATION - AUTOMOBILES - MILITARY PERSONNEL - REIMBURSEMENT - PERSONALLY PROCURED TRANSPORTATION DIGEST: A RETIRED ARMY SERGEANT IS NOT ALLOWED REIMBURSEMENT FOR SHIPPING HIS AUTOMOBILE AT PERSONAL EXPENSE TO HIS HOME OF RETIREMENT IN HAWAII. SINCE HE WAS UNDER A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THE SHIPMENT ARRANGED BY THE GOVERNMENT. WHILE AS AN EXCEPTION REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONALLY PROCURED TRANSPORT...

B-222114: Sep 4, 1986

A retired Army member claimed reimbursement for the cost of shipping his privately owned vehicle after he retired. GAO held that the claimant: (1) did not request transportation of the vehicle through a government shipping office; and (2) failed to establish that the Army specifically misinformed him of the necessity to so arrange transportation. Accordingly, the claim was denied...