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B-195234 1 (1979-10-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhrr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S!j5 d DEMiSID THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL S .OF THE UNITED -STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B- MATTER 195234 DATE: Oc OF: FSAlexander D. Christie, USN tober 23, 1979 DIGEST: A member of the uniformed services is granted convalescent or sick leave while recuperating from surgery and although released from the hospital is restricted as to the distance he may travel while on leave. Member is not tr. & /& ent-i-tledt-oper-4-iem-o-r reimbursement E-uro/- expenses incurred while on sick leave The issue presented in this appeal from a settlement of our Claims Division is whether a member of the uniformed services may is restricted as to the distance he may travel while on leave and he was not informed that the leave would be at his own expense or that he had an option to remain at the hospital until able to return to his duty station. The answer is no. Chief Petty Officer)Alexander Christie, a member of the United States Navy,'while stationed at the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt in Wes-ETr-Aus-tralia, yps assigned to aemporary additional duty (TAD) at Tripler Army Medical Center--_ Wtin Honolulu, Hawaii, for medical treatment and upon completion 5,)$ of the medical treatment was ordered to return'to his duty station in Western Australia and resume his regular duties. Chief Christie underwent surgery)at Tripler Army Medical Center (and after 1 week of recovery was authorized sick leave for 30 days with the restriction that he was not to leave the State of Hawaii. He rerained on leave from 1 p.m., April 25, 1977, until 8 a.m., May 5, 1977. Thereafter he was released from the hospital and returned to his duty station in SAustralia departing May 7, 1977. While on sick leave Chief Christie stayed in the Hale Koa Hotel, an armed forces recreation center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Chief Christie contends that at the time he was released from the hospital for convalescent (sick) leave, he was not informed that the leave would be at his own expense or that he had the option to remain at the hospital until ready for release 'I bd 'kf U vq _4=-55-2

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