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B-204296 1 (1981-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjxl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 / DECISION THU CCMPTROLLE GANEPA L OF THE UNITE1 D STATES WAS1HIN GT3 N Do0, 205493 9 n-204296 DATE: December 9, 1981 MATTER OF: Sergeant Richard E. Felker, Retired DIGEST; Retired military member seeks travel expenses for himself and dependents incident to his permanent change of station in 1973, Member has'no copy of his travel orders nor does military recordkeeping entity, Accordingly, since relevant statutes and implementing regulations require written orders from competent authority for payment of travel expenses, and the burden is on the claimant to satisfactorily prove his claim, claim is denied, See 37 U.S.C. SS 404 and 406; and 1 JTR, paras. M3000 and M3001, Mr. Richard E, Felker appeals the Claims Group's denial of his claim for personal and dependent travel expenses ici- dent to a permanent change of station while he was a military member, Since no travel expenses may be paid a military mem- ber in the absence of competent orders and neither Mr. Felker nor the Department of the Army has furnished us with such orders, the action of the Claims Group is affirmed. According to Mr. Felker, he was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in early 1973 as a Sergeant in the Army. He was ordered to make a permanent change of station from Fort Bragg to Kaiserslauten, Germany. Incident to thLs change of permanent station, Mr. Felker requests payment of certain travel and relocation allowances whichhmay accrue tc a member in such circumstances, Specifically, he seeks $16.68 in per- sonal travel expenses from Fort Bragg to Kaiserslauten; $305.28 for the travel of his dependents, who did rot accompany him, from the Fort Bragg area (Fayetteville, North Carolina) to Los Alimitos, California; and $150 for a dislocation allowance which is paid in connection with certain permanent changes of station. Although Mr. Felker claims the travel was performed in 1973 and he was retired from the Army in 1974, the record does not show that he made a claim with U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center (Finance Center) until 1979. Mr. Felker indicates that as early as April of 1973, he requested pay- ment of these travel benefits from the Army. Mr. Felker states that the Army has refused to pay because there is no copy of his travel orders in his file. * -........- - - e- ~ ~ FILE;

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