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B-204952 1 (1982-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkmi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-204952 THE cOr ipTnS14, R GENERAL OF THe UNITIO STATES WAUHIN1TON, o0, 60548 DATE: July #,13, 1982 MATTER OF: Joe Do Anderson - Real Transfer from overseas estate expenses - duty station SDI3EST: Civilian employee of the Department of the Army transferred from Fort Lewis, Washington, to Seoul, Korea, with reem- ployment rights at Fort Lewis, His actual residence was in Tacoma, Washington. Upon completion of his overseas tour of duty, the eiplcyee was reemployed at Salem, Oregon, instead of Fort Lewis, He is not entitled to reimbursement of real estate expenses incurred in selling his residence in Tacoma or purchasing asresidence in Salem. Under 5 U.s.C. § 5724(a)(4) and VTR paragraph 2-6.1 (a), both the old and new duty stations must be located in the United States for reimbursement of real estate expenses. Hero, the actual return transfer of the employee was from Seoul, Korea, to Salem, Oregon. Mr. 'Joe D. Anderson, a civilian employee of the Department of the Army, has appealed Settlement Certifi- cate Z-2827733, June 17, 1981, issued by our Claims Group, which disallowed his claim for reimbursement of the costs incurred in the sale of his home Jn Tacoma, Washington, and the purchase of another residence at Salem, Oregon, incident to his change of official station from Seoul, Korea, to Salem, Oregon. The principal issue here is whether an employee with reemployment rights at his former duty station in the United States, who is transferred by an agency from an overseas duty station to a duty station in the United States, other than the one from which he was transferred abrcad, may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in selling his old residenceu or buying a new residence, or both. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the employee may not be reimbursed for those expenses. The facts, briefly stated, are as follows. Anderson was transferred frorr Fort Lewis, 'Washington, Seoul, Korea, in August 1972. At the time of'that 9~ V S S Kr. to I I m soq

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