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B-211573 1 (1983-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadldc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-211573 TIAX COMPTROLLER GENERAL J'4k5 OF THE UNITED STATES 1 WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 DATE: June 7, 1983 MATTER OF: Bennett Y. Cowan, Jr., M.D. Former military member seeks payment of temporary lodging allowance for expenses he incurred during a period when he resided in temporary quarters. The claim may not be paid because there is insufficient evidence in the present record to support a conclu- sion that appropriate authority determined, under the applicable regulations, that he was required to reside in hotel or hotel- like accommodations during the period of this claim, and that the accommodations he stayed in were of that type. This action is taken upon the appeal by Bennett Y. Cowan, Jr., M.D., a former captain in the United States Army Medical Corps, of our Claims Group's denial of his claim for temporary lodging allowances. We conclude that the claim may not be paid on the basis of the present record. Dr. Cowan claims a temporary lodging allowance for the period of October 15 through November 30, 1978, while he was serving with the 45th Field Hospital near Leghorn, Italy. It appears that during the 47-day period covered by the claim Dr. Cowan occupied a two-room apartment equipped with a hot plate and small refrigerator. It is indicated that he rented it on a daily basis, for which he made rental payments every 10 days. It also appears that he first arrived at that duty station on August 8, 1978, and was paid temporary lodging allowance for at least part of the period from August through October 15. The authority fcr payment of temporary lodging allowances is found in Part G, chapter 4, Volume 1, of the Joint Travel Regulations (1 JTR), issued pursuant to 37 U.S.C. § 405 (1976). Paragraph M4303-1.1, 1 JTR (change 307), in effect at the time this claim arose, states in part as follows: * * *fTemFporary lodging allowances are authorized for the purpose of partial- ly reimbursing a member for the more than DECISION FILE: DIGEST:.

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