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B-204347 1 (1984-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlwa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER OENERAL DECISION M.' OF THE UNITED 8TATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-204347 DATE: August 22, 1984 MATTER OF: National Guard Members - Incapaci- tation Pay and Benefits DIGEST: Members of federally recognized National Guard units and organizations who are dis- abled by disease while on full-time duty for periods of 30 days or less under 32 U.S.C. S 502(f) are eligible for the incapacitation payments and related benefits prescribed by 10 U.S.C. SS 3722 and 8722, and the imple- menting regulations. These benefits include continuation of the basic pay and allowances to which they were entitled at the time the disease was contracted for a period of up to 6 months beyond the end of the tour of duty, plus medical care and transportation to and from hospitals. Master Sergeant Howard R. Harper, ARNG, B-204347. December 23, 1981, modified. The question presented is whether National Guard members disabled by disease while on full-time duty under 32 U.S.C. S 502(f) for 30 days or less are eligible for the incapacitation payments and medical benefits prescribed by 10 U.S.C. SS 3722 and 8722.1/ We conclude that they are eligible for those payments and benefits. Background In presenting this question, National Guard officials note that Rule 6 of Table 8-2-4, Department of Defense Military Pay and Allowances Entitlements Manual (DODPM), provides that if a Reserve of the Army or the Air Force is disabled in line of duty due to disease while serving on active duty for 30 days or less, he is entitled to continua- tion of the basic pay and allowances to which he was entitled at the time the disease was contracted for a period 1/ This action is in response to a request for a decision received from the Chief of the National Guard Bureau's Office of Legal Advisor.

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