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B-197888 1 (1980-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadirx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 6 / FILE: B-197888 DATE: November 18, 1980 MATTER OF: Staff Sergeant John H. Cotton, USA DIGEST: An Army member claimed retroactive payment of basic allowance for sub- sistence (BAS) for a period during August 1973, through May 1978, con- tending that he had not received the allowance because of administrative error. The claim may not be allowed since there is no administrative report by the concerned Army command ,authorities establishing that the member was actually authorized BAS and, if he was so authorized, the circumstances which previously pre- vented payment. Staff Sergeant John H. Cotton, USA, requests recon- sideratin of our Claims Division's April 17, 1979 denial of his claim for payment of basic allowance for subsistence (BAS) for the period August 15, 1973, through May 25, 197 Since the record does not establish conclusively that Sergeant Cotton was given authorization to mess separately for the period in question, or for what other reason pay- ment was not made, we affirm the denial of his claim. Sergeant Cotton applied on May 26, 1978, for retro- active payment of BAS effective August 15, 1973. He con- tended that he was receiving BAS when he was transferred from the 122nd Medical Detachment to the 97th General Hospital in the Frankfurt, Germany area, but that after the transfer he was not paid BAS due to administrative error. He indicates that he was not aware at the time that he was not receiving BAS. Prior to and during the period of the claim, he was living with his dependents in Government quarters under command sponsorship. In support of his claim he submitted statements from four former com- manding officers that indicated they believed that he was entitled to mess separately with his dependents while under their command, but none of the statements give any indica- tion why, if oral approval was given, such authorization was not confirmed in writing. 437 iTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED BTATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ~txbf 2' 417 -2-

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