[Former Army Member's Claim for Refund of Savings Program Deductions]

A former Army member claimed entitlement to a refund of savings program deductions, contending the Army deducted the deposits from his pay, but erroneously accounted for them. GAO held that the claimant met his burden of proof that the Army made the deductions from his earnings for deposit to the savings program. Accordingly, the claim was allowed, and GAO recommended that the Army also pay the claimant for the interest his deposits would have earned.