A former Navy member requested reconsideration of his request for waiver of an indebtedness for overpayments resulting from uncollected advance payments, contending that Navy offset the debt against amounts owed him, since he only received travel pay at his separation. GAO held that the claimant was not entitled to a waiver of indebtedness, since: (1) the payments were not erroneous payments for t...

Sec. 2774 since only erroneous payments may be considered under that statute and these payments were valid when made. His request for waiver was denied by our Claims Group. Jossis was advanced nine payments in August 1982 totaling $4. The record is silent as to why the advances were made. He should not have received his regular pay until the end of December 1982 when his advance would have been fu...