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B-230869 1 (1989-06-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnmm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0~A #The Comptroller General / of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 x Decision Matterof- Kurt L. Carlsen - Household Goods - Excess Weight File: B-230869 Date: June 29, 1989 DIGEST Married enlisted members sharing the same residence in Belgium were each entitled to a household goods transportation allowance of 7,000 pounds for their return to the United States to be discharged from the Army. Although the husband initially intended a combined allowance of 14,000 pounds, the wife, who was in the hospital with serious injuries, did not have the opportunity to authorize use of her allowance for pickup of the household goods. The Army, therefore, allocated all 8,592 pounds of the pickup to the husband's 7,000-pound allowance, resulting in his purported indebtedness for excess weight. But after their discharge, they shared a residence is the United States when the household goods were delivered, and neither of them sought to have the Army reship the household goods because of misdelivery. Consequently, by acceptance of the delivery they demonstrated that they intended the shipment to be made under a combined allowance of 14,000 pounds, and there is no indebtedness to the government for excess weight. DECISION In this action, the United States Army initiated a debt claim of $1,496.04, plus interest, against Kurt L. Carlsen for 1,592 pounds excess weight of household goods shipped in March 1979. By letter of January 21, 1988, our Claims Group determined that this amount is owed, and Mr. Carlsen has appealed. On the basis of newly submitted evidence, we conclude that because there was no excess weight, there is no debt and collection from Mr. Carlsen should be terminated. BACKGROUND Kurt Carlsen and his wife, Sandra Carlsen, as United States Army enlisted members sharing an off-base residence in

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