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B-140972 1 (1979-10-24)

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                   ;, ~THE COiMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION i        0OF T HE U N ITED S.TAT ES


WA.S.HINGTDN, D .C. 205463
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            FILE:.  B-140972                   OATE~ctober 24, 1979

            MATTER OF.


            DIGEST:         An Amy member's discharge absolutely
                            terminates his entitlement to military
                            pay and allowances, and a subsequent
                            change in the character of the discharge
                            does not affect the former member's
                            status with respect to separation from
                            service, nor does it create any right
                            to military pay for periods after the
                            date of discharge. Therefore, a former
       }[                   Army officer discharged under ofher
                            than honorable conditions on February 9,
                            1951, gained no entitlement to active
duty pay for periods after that date as
                            the result of action taken in 1976 to
                            upgrade the character of the discharge
                            to one under honorable conditions
                            (General).

                        2. An Army officer who was discharged under
       other th an honorabl e conditions in
       Febru~ai.y 1951, but who received an up-
       ~~graded discharge under honorable                            .
                            conditions (General) in July 1976, did
                            not thereby gain entitlement to monetary
                            compensation either for the loss of
                            military medical care or other benefits
                            after February 1951.

                        3. If the character of a former service
                            member's discharge is upgraded from
                          other than honorable to honorable, the
                            former member may gain entitlement to
                            certain military pay and allcaaances he
                            would have received at the tire of his
                            original discharge--such as payment
                            for unused accrued leave--had that dis-
                            charge been granted under honorable
                            conditions, provided that sufficient
                            documentat ion has survived to substan-
                            tiate his entitlement.


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