KEYWORDS:  Retired pay claim; direct payment of former spouse payments under USFSPA

DIGEST:  The interpretation of a statutory provision and implementing regulation by an agency charged with their execution, and the implementation of them by means of a consistent administrative practice, is to be sustained unless shown to be arbitrary, capricious or contrary to law.

CASE NO:  2019-CL-040308.2

DATE:  02/04/2020