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B-183533 1 (1976-08-26)

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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
  OF THE UNITED STATES
/ WAS HINGTO.N, D.C. 20548



        DATE: AUG  1976


3ECISION




FILE:  B-1835

MATTER OF:


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, USAF,


A retired Regular commissioned officer
who accepts Federal civilian employment,
and, who immediately executes a waiver of
retired pay pursuant to 38 U. S. C. 3105 in
order to receive veterans' disability com-
pensation, which award is administratively
delayed but when granted by VA Is made
effective retroactively to date of waiver,
has in effect reduced the legally authorized
retired pay by the amount of the veterans'
compensation: and, therefore, retired pay
payrnents received by the member during
the retroactive period must be adjusted
under the dual compensation formula of
5 U. S. C. 5532 from the effective date of
the waiver.


    This action is In response to a letter with enclosures, fronr: the
Accounting and Finance Officer, Air Force Accounting and Finance
Center, Denver, Colorado 80205, reauesting an advance decision
concerning the propriety of making oavrment on a voucher  qr
$701.48, inf!avor of Lieutenant
      USAFrRetired, for additional retired pay for the period
August 8, 1971, through March 31, 1972. The letter was forwarded
to our Office by the Chief, Finance Group, Directorate of Accounting
and Finance, Headquarters United States Air Force, and has beep
assigned Air Force Request No. DO-AF-1233 by the Department of
Defense Military Pay and Allowance Corn'mittee.

    Our Office has also received correspondence directly from
the member in which he states that his entire cla~im for additional
retired pay is in the total amount of $1,233. 09, for the period
extending from August 8. 1971, through Mday 31, 15.73. In this con-
nection, we have recently been advised by the Air Force Account irg
and Finance Center that their reciest for decision In this case did
not represent the member's entire claim, confirming that the period
in question and the amount involved are as claimed by the member.
We have been requested to include the issue of the meember's entitle-
ment for the subsequent period in this decision.


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Lieutenant Colonel
Retired


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