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-30.396 -1.125 Td (she reached age 60, the widow did not file a claim for )Tj 21.742 0 Td (SBP Annuity until almost eight years after the member's death. )Tj 25.481 0 Td (In)Tj -47.223 -1.125 Td (view of the bar against similar )Tj 12.385 0 Td (SBP claims by the United States Court of Appeals and the General Account\ ing Office,)Tj -12.385 -1.125 Td (we find no )Tj (legal basis upon which this claim may be paid, thus it is barred under 3\ 1 U.S.C. 3702 \(b\).)Tj /TT1 1 Tf T* (DECISION)Tj /TT0 1 Tf T* ([Redacted], )Tj 4.886 0 Td (appeals the United States General Accounting Office's \(GAO\) Settlement\ )Tj 29.643 0 Td (Certificate Z-2870021, dated June)Tj -34.529 -1.125 Td (4, 1996, which denied her claim for an annuity under the )Tj 22.965 0 Td (Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan \(RC-SBP\))Tj -22.965 -1.125 Td (established for her by her late husband, a )Tj 16.633 0 Td (Sergeant who retired from the Army National Guard in 1984. )Tj 24.799 0 Td (Pursuant to)Tj -41.432 -1.125 Td (Public Law No. 104-53, )Tj (November 19, 1995, effective June 30, 1996, the authority of GAO to adju\ dicate claims such as)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (this )Tj (one was transferred to the Director, Office of Management and Budget, wh\ o delegated this authority )Tj 42.153 0 Td (to the)Tj -42.153 -1.125 Td (Department of Defense.)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 21.517 -2.125 Td (Background)Tj /TT0 1 Tf -21.517 -2.125 Td (The retired member and his wife were married on February 9, 1959, in Mis\ sissippi. )Tj 33.575 0 Td (The member )Tj 5.331 0 Td (was a Sergeant First)Tj -38.906 -1.125 Td (Class with the Mississippi Army National Guard. )Tj 19.999 0 Td (On September 9, 1979, the )Tj 10.97 0 Td (member elected RC-SBP, spouse only)Tj -30.969 -1.125 Td (coverage under Option C \(see below\), an immediate annuity )Tj 24.381 0 Td (to be paid to his spouse, regardless of his age at the time of)Tj -24.381 -1.125 Td (his death. )Tj 4.083 0 Td (The member retired on April )Tj 11.801 0 Td (17, 1984, after 28 years of service.)Tj -15.884 -2.125 Td (The member died in a traffic accident on June 5, 1987, at the age of 47.\ )Tj 28.795 0 Td (Shortly after his death, his )Tj 10.776 0 Td (nephew made)Tj -39.571 -1.125 Td (inquiries on behalf of the claimant. )Tj 14.246 0 Td (The nephew states that he was informed that the )Tj 19.521 0 Td (claimant would not be eligible to)Tj -33.767 -1.125 Td (receive SBP benefits until she reached age 62. )Tj 18.744 0 Td (The file contains a )Tj 7.664 0 Td (statement from the unit clerk who acknowledges that)Tj -26.407 -1.125 Td (he gave incorrect information to the claimant )Tj 18.298 0 Td (regarding her SBP benefit. )Tj 10.914 0 Td (Due to his inexperience at the time of her)Tj -29.212 -1.125 Td (initial inquiry, he states that he )Tj 12.581 0 Td (told the claimant that she could not receive benefits until she reached \ 60 years of age.)Tj -12.581 -1.125 Td (The unit clerk )Tj 5.859 0 Td (states that the claimant gave him a copy of the member's death certifica\ te and that he placed it in the)Tj -5.859 -1.125 Td (unit's historical file. )Tj 8.179 0 Td (Based on the erroneous information, the claimant did not immediately pur\ sue )Tj 31.214 0 Td (her claim for benefits.)Tj -39.393 -2.125 Td (On May 26, 1995, the claimant filed a written claim for the RC-SBP annui\ ty. )Tj 31.133 0 Td (Since the claim was )Tj 8.22 0 Td (filed more than six)Tj -39.353 -1.125 Td (years after the member's death, it was denied. )Tj 18.451 0 Td (The claim was then submitted to )Tj 13.275 0 Td (GAO. )Tj (In a Settlement Certificate, dated)Tj -31.726 -1.125 Td (June 4, 1996, GAO denied the claim, finding that the claim )Tj 23.939 0 Td (was barred by the statute of limitation. )Tj 15.663 0 Td (The settlement)Tj -39.602 -1.125 Td (certificate noted that while the claimant's )Tj 16.673 0 Td (actions were based on erroneous information provided by a clerk, it is a\ well)Tj -16.673 -1.125 Td (established rule that the )Tj 9.719 0 Td (Government is not bound by the erroneous 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