B-229157:
Jan 11, 1988
A deceased Navy member's widow appealed her denied claim for payments under his survivor benefit plan. GAO had held that the claimant failed to prove that she was the deceased's legal widow. In her appeal, the claimant contended that: (1) she had a valid marriage certificate; (2) the deceased had initiated but dropped divorce proceedings; and (3) the deceased's alleged marriage to another person w...