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B-233529 1 (1989-01-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwbk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-233529 January 9,.1989 The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen United States Senator 961 Federal Building Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Senator Bentsen: We refer to your letter dated October 26, 1988, with enclosures, regarding a claim of Mrs. Antonette Thomas Jeter involving her husband's military pay during World War II. Due to the operation of the 6-year statute of limitations, we do not see how a claim of this nature, for unpaid military pay believed due from World War II, can be approved. Mrs. Jeter states that her husband, Major James Jeter, served outside the United States with the Army Medical Corps as a flight surgeon from February 20, 1942, until July 2, 1944. Sometime around November 1944, her husband was notified by the War Department that he had to return the extra pay he had received for flying and combat duty. He repaid the amounts requested in three installments, the last of which was paid on July 10, 1945. Mrs. Jeter states that she and her husband have questioned the propriety of that collection action for the past 44 years. She requests a copy of his complete military record and repayment of the amounts collected. Our records do not indicate that this matter was ever presented previously to our Office, and we cannot add anything to the documents provided by Mrs. Jeter. In any event, under 31 U.S.C. 5 3702(b)(1), every claim or demand against the United States for military backpay is barred unless it is received in our Office within 6 years after the date it accrues. Clearly, Mrs. Jeter's claim is barred by this 6-year statute of limitations, which was designed to prevent disputes over stale claims and to relieve the government of the burden of maintaining antiquated pay records.

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