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B-187049 1 (1976-11-09)

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                                7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
     .DECISION                   *OF THE UNITED BTATES                   330

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      FILE:   B-187049                   OATE:OV      9    )

      MATTER OF:                            ARNO


      OIGEST-    Army National Guard member injured in
                 line of duty during annual training,
                 who was thereby rendered physically
                 unable and--as determined by Army medi-
                 cal personnel--permanently unqualified
                 under Army regulations to perform his
                 normal duties as military policeman, is
                 entitled to disability pay and allow-
                 ances during period of disabi lity
                 ending when Army authorities acted to
                 change his Military Occupation Specialty
                 from military policeman to unit clerk,
                 thus limiting his normal military duties
                 to activities within range of his
                 reduced physical capabilities.

          This action is in response to a letter dated April 30, 1976
     (file reference ATZI-CM-F), with enclosures, from Major L. E. Hicks,
     FC, Finance and Accounting Officer, United States Army Administra-
     tion Center, Fort tenjamin Harrison, Indiana, requesting an advance
     decision as to the propriety of making payment on two vouchers
     totaling $6,641.21, to                     ,
     representing disability pay and allowances for the period February 1
     through November 30, 1975, as a result of injuries le sustained on
     August 16., 1974, while on annual training duty with the Ohio Army
     National Guard. The request was forwarded to this Office by Office
     of the Comptroller of the Army by letter dated July 26 1976
     (DACA-AF-M), and has been assigned control number DO-A-1258 by the
 Department-of Defense Military Pay and Allowance Comittee.

 :        The record shows that on August 16, 1974, the member was
 :   involved in a jeep accident while'performing annual training duty
 :! as a military policeman with his unit at the Savanna Army Depot,
     Savanna, 'Illinois. The accident was determined to have been
 incurred 'In the line of duty, not due to misconduct.

~The injuries suffered by the member in the mishap Included
compression fractures of the sixth and seventh thoracic vertebrae;

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