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B-212697 1 (1983-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlmf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL KICISION . OP THE UNITED STATUE WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548 FILE: B-212697 DATE: December 23, 1983 MATTER OF: Leon H. Liegel DIGEST: The Forest Service determined that an employee's actual place of residence at the time of his appointment to the Federal service was Puerto Rico because that had been his principal place of abode and employment during the previous 2 years. The agency's determination is not clearly erroneous in fact or contrary to law, so that no basis exists for changing it. Although the employee asserts that he was a legal domiciliary of Wisconsin, that has no bearing on the issue because a person's domicile and residence are not necessarily the same, and he had actually been residing in Puerto Rico long before he obtained Government employment there. Accord- ingly, the employee is not entitled to periodic home leave or round-trip travel expenses for trips to Wisconsin. Dr. Leon H. Liegel has asked for reconsideration of his claim for home leave and associated travel benefits.1 We conclude that he is not entitled to those benefits and sustain the denial of his claim. BACKGROUND Dr. Liegel was appointed to a position in Puerto Rico with the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in June 1973. Prior to that time he had been employed as a specialist in tropical forestry by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for nearly 2 years beginning in September 1971. lAction taken by our Claims Group in Settlement No. Z-2786650, issued January 3, 1983, denied the claim, and that settlement is reviewed here under 4 C.F.R. Part 32 on the basis of Dr. Liegel's request for reconsideration.

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