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B-190935 1 (1979-01-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgwd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: k1 12,' FILE: B-190935 : January 25, 1979 MATTER OF: Dr. Ralph E. Gaskins, Jr. -fArmed Fore s Health Professions Scholarship Programj DIGEST: articipating in Armed Forces.H.ealth Pro- fession si-Proram received medical school assistance, including cost of tuition and books, and $40 i4 monthly stipends in return for active service obligation upon graduation. 4;-H applied for and was granted conscientious objector discharge after graduotion bofore fulfilling any of service obligation. r must reimburse Navy for full amount of financial assistance he received, . n tio ,onthly stipend payments are included in-ter t costs that he agreed to repay when he was accepted into the program, if he did not fulfill his service commit- ment. This decision is in response to request rom counsel for Ralph E. Gaskins, Jr., M. D., that our fcee review the legal basis of the claim which the Department of the Navy has made 4ec against Dr. Gaskins for $17, 137. 08, arising out of-Dr. Gaskins' participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Prram, 10 U. S. C, § 2120-2127 (1976). We were also re- quested by Dr. Gaskins' attorney to accept a formal offer to compromise the Navy's claim against Dr. Gaskins for $3, 797. 08. Based on the information provided to us in the claimant's sub-- mission, which included copies of several pieces of correspondence between the Department of the Navy and Dr. Gaskins' attorney, together with the information provided to us by the Department of the Navy, consisting primarily of a copy of a letter from the Office of the Juace Advnnats Gneral of the Navy to the Department of Justice, the facts concerning this matter appear to be as follows. In 1972, Dr. Gaskins applied for admission into the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (AFHPSP) and was accepted.. Pursuant to Pub. L. No. 92-426, approved September 21, 1972, which established. the AFHPSP, the Depart- ment of the Navy (as well as other military departments) was authorized to provide scholarship assistance to participants in the program, including the cost of tuition, books, and other THI CMPTOLERGENERAL OF1 THE UNITED STATES WASH IN QT0 N, 0. C .254 \j - ( DECISION

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