B-260207.2: Nov 6, 1995

The widow of an Air Force member requested reconsideration of her denied claim for a Survivors Benefits Plan (SBP) annuity. GAO had held that the claimant was not entitled to the annuity, since: (1) she submitted her claim after the statutory filing period; and (2) the Air Force's correction of her husband's records had no effect on the statutory filing period. In her request for reconsideration,...

B-260207.2: Nov 6, 1995

Prior decision that service member's widow was not entitled to Survivor Benefit Plan annuity where claim was filed more than 6 years after member's death and is barred by Barring Act is affirmed since inquiry by widow regarding annuity shortly after member's death was denied by the Air Force and had to be filed with our Office to toll the Barring Act. The claim was not a non-doubtful claim at that...