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B-222114 1 (1986-09-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmlk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,-_LEA , The Comptroller General of the United States (Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Sergeant First Class Kent E. Mathieu, USA (Retired) File: B-222114 Date: September 4, 1986 DIGEST A retired Army sergeant is not allowed reimbursement for shipping his automobile at personal expense to his home of retirement in Hawaii, since he was under a requirement to have the shipment arranged by the government. While as an exception reimbursement for personally procured transporta- tion of an automobile in those circumstances may be allowed when it is demonstrated that the service member acted irt reliance on erroneous advice furnished by a government repre- sentative, the service member in this case did not actually receive erroneous advice, despite his contention that he was misled by general information he received when he retired concerning reimbursement of his traveling expenses. DECISION The issue presented in this matter is whether an Army member may be reimbursed for transportinj his privately owned vehicle (POV) at his own expense.'/ We conclude that his claim must be denied since he did not request government shipment of his POV and failed to establish that the shipment was based on erroneous advice furnished by a representative of the government. BACKGROUND Sergeant First Class Kent E. Mathieu retired from the Army in July 1980 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Subsequently his POV was shipped by commercial carrier from California to Hawaii. He did not request government transport of his POV, and person- ally procured its shipment. Upon reaching Hawaii, his home of selection for retirement, he made a claim for reimburse- ment for the expenses incurred in shipping his POV. 1/ This decision is in response to an appeal by Sergeant First Class Kent E. Mathieu, USA (Retired), from our Claims Group's settlement denying his claim for reimbursement for transporting his POV at his own expense.

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