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$[s3Z^:Teػ0SFX[#}?>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 1/Type/Page>> endobj 42 0 obj [44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R] endobj 43 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (02120917)Tj EMC /Artifact <>BDC 0 -86 TD (file:///usr.osd.mil/)Tj 7.166 0 Td (...)Tj (sktop/DOHA%20transfer/DOHA-Kane/dodogc/doha/claims/military/Archived%20-\ %20HTML%20Word/02120917.html)Tj 49.657 0 Td ([6/11/2021 3:11:54 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC q 10 36 592 730 re W n BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 755.25 Tm (deposited the questionable amount into his savings, but when an emergenc\ y )Tj 30.604 0 Td (arose, he was forced to use it. )Tj 12.079 0 Td (The member)Tj ET Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 741.75 Tm (states that he is facing financial )Tj 12.829 0 Td (hardship, but notes that he avoided the hardship of a lump sum repayment\ )Tj 29.827 0 Td (by obtaining)Tj -42.655 -1.125 Td (a repayment agreement from DFAS. )Tj 14.829 0 Td (Of relevance to our Office, )Tj 11.05 0 Td (the member asks that the debt be forgiven because the)Tj -25.878 -1.375 Td (Congress was expected )Tj (to pass legislation to permit concurrent receipt of both retired pay and\ )Tj 37.738 0 Td (VA compensation.)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 558.8418 716.25 Tm ( \(2\))Tj ET 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 558.8418 715.5 cm 0 0 m 13.806 0 l h S Q BT 0 g /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 278.8662 686.25 Tm (Discussion)Tj /TT0 1 Tf -21.906 -2.125 Td (Under 10 U.S.C. \247 2774, we have the authority to waive a claim for )Tj 27.327 0 Td (an erroneous payment of pay and allowances to a)Tj -27.327 -1.125 Td (member or former member of )Tj 12.189 0 Td (the Uniformed Services if payment would be against equity and good consc\ ience )Tj 32.657 0 Td (and not)Tj -44.847 -1.125 Td (in the best interest of the United States, provided that there is )Tj 24.688 0 Td (no evidence of fraud, fault, misrepresentation, or lack of)Tj -24.688 -1.125 Td (good faith on the )Tj 7.054 0 Td (part of the member or former member. )Tj 15.716 0 Td (The )Tj (legal definition of "fault" does not imply any ethical lapse)Tj -22.77 -1.125 Td (on the part )Tj 4.526 0 Td (of the member or former member. )Tj 13.911 0 Td (It merely indicates that he is not entirely )Tj 16.384 0 Td (without some responsibility for)Tj -34.821 -1.125 Td (any resulting overpayment and that therefore )Tj 18.215 0 Td (the equitable remedy of waiver is not available to him.)Tj 21.826 0 Td ( )Tj (The standard )Tj 5.692 0 Td (we)Tj -45.734 -1.125 Td (employ to determine fault is that of a reasonable person; if such a pers\ on )Tj 29.324 0 Td (knows or should know that he is receiving)Tj -29.324 -1.125 Td (money to which he is not entitled, )Tj 13.831 0 Td (he is at fault if he fails to bring the excess payment to the attention \ of )Tj 27.937 0 Td (the appropriate)Tj -41.768 -1.125 Td (authorities. )Tj 4.721 0 Td (In such a situation, waiver is precluded. )Tj /TT2 1 Tf 16.134 0 Td (See Standards for Waiver)Tj /TT0 1 Tf 10.249 0 Td (, 4 C.F.R. \247 91.5\(b\) \(1996\).)Tj -31.104 -2.125 Td (For purposes of this appeal, we accept the member's statement that he al\ erted )Tj 31.114 0 Td (DFAS's Cleveland Center to the)Tj -31.114 -1.125 Td (overpayment and that he received incorrect )Tj 17.547 0 Td (advice. )Tj 3.109 0 Td (Even so, in this case the member knew when he completed his)Tj -20.656 -1.125 Td (application )Tj 4.693 0 Td (for VA compensation that he had to waive that portion of his retired pay\ )Tj 29.159 0 Td (which equaled the amount of the)Tj -33.852 -1.125 Td (VA compensation, and if his VA compensation )Tj 19.219 0 Td (increased, his retired pay had to change commensurately. )Tj 23.158 0 Td (His)Tj -42.376 -1.125 Td (understanding )Tj 5.916 0 Td (of this rule was so clear that even after he obtained the supervisor's i\ ncorrect )Tj 30.835 0 Td (verbal advice, he still)Tj -36.751 -1.125 Td (attempted to escrow the questionable payments. )Tj 19.411 0 Td (This )Tj (is exactly what he should have continued to do because he had the)Tj -19.411 -1.125 Td (duty to )Tj (return or repay the improper disbursements once responsible officials fi\ nally )Tj 33.935 0 Td (became aware of the problem. Our)Tj -33.935 -1.125 Td (decisions and those of the Comptroller General )Tj 19.134 0 Td (have consistently held that there is no basis for waiver based on relian\ ce)Tj -19.134 -1.125 Td (on incorrect advice unless the official\(s\) providing the advice are id\ entified )Tj 30.349 0 Td (and the member's version of the events is)Tj -30.349 -1.125 Td (corroborated in the written record )Tj 13.744 0 Td (by pay and disbursing officials with evidence of his statement\(s\) to t\ hem )Tj 29.327 0 Td (and their)Tj -43.071 -1.125 Td (statement\(s\) to him. )Tj /TT2 1 Tf 8.221 0 Td (See)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( Claims Case No. 01010906 \(March )Tj 16.08 0 Td (8, 2001\). )Tj /TT2 1 Tf (See)Tj (also )Tj /TT0 1 Tf (DOHA Claims Case No. 97042817 \(July)Tj -24.301 -1.125 Td (1, )Tj (1997\) and the Comptroller General decisions cited therein. )Tj 24.743 0 Td (Such a record )Tj (does not exist here.)Tj -24.743 -2.125 Td (Moreover, we cannot relieve a member of a debt based on his belief that \ )Tj 29.183 0 Td (the Congress might )Tj 8.027 0 Td (change the law in a manner)Tj -37.21 -1.125 Td (that is favorable to him. )Tj /TT2 1 Tf 9.775 0 Td (Compare)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( DOHA Claims Case No. 00102419 \(May 1, 2001\) where we declined )Tj 32.105 0 Td (to use our)Tj -41.881 -1.125 Td (waiver authority to allow a member to retroactively benefit from )Tj 26.102 0 Td (the repeal of the Dual Compensation Act, to a point in)Tj -26.102 -1.125 Td (time prior to the effective )Tj 10.468 0 Td (date of the repeal of this Act, to relieve the member of a debt he incur\ red )Tj 29.404 0 Td (when pay and)Tj -39.872 -1.125 Td (disbursing officials failed to reduce his retired pay as then )Tj 23.437 0 Td (required under the Act. )Tj 9.524 0 Td (There we indicated that if the)Tj -32.961 -1.125 Td (Congress intends )Tj (that an entitlement is to apply retroactively, it will use express langu\ age )Tj 36.075 0 Td (in the statute to obtain that)Tj -36.075 -1.125 Td (result. )Tj (Waiver is not intended as an alternative )Tj 18.799 0 Td (means to obtain such treatment. )Tj 12.941 0 Td (The member's appeal is less meritorious)Tj -31.74 -1.375 Td (because our research indicates that Congress did not repeal 38 U.S.C. \247\ )Tj 28.797 0 Td (5305 during the last session of the Congress.)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 576.2148 260.25 Tm ( )Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 576.2148 259.5 cm 0 0 m 2.438 0 l h S Q BT 9.75 0 0 9.75 578.6523 260.25 Tm (\(3\))Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 578.6523 259.5 cm 0 0 m 11.369 0 l h S Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 230.25 Tm (Finally, we acknowledge the )Tj 11.747 0 Td (member's financial hardship situation. )Tj 15.482 0 Td (However, it is well-established that )Tj 14.385 0 Td (personal or)Tj -41.614 -1.125 Td (family financial hardship is not a basis for waiver. )Tj /TT2 1 Tf 20.328 0 Td (See)Tj /TT0 1 Tf ( )Tj (DOHA Claims Case No. 00091208 \(October 25, 2000\) and)Tj -20.328 -1.125 Td (decisions cited therein.)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 21.767 -2.125 Td (Conclusion)Tj /TT0 1 Tf -21.767 -3.25 Td (We affirm the Settlement Certificate.)Tj 0 -5.375 TD (Signed: Michael D. 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