%PDF-1.6 % 1 0 obj <> endobj 2 0 obj <>stream 2021-06-11T15:13:28-04:00 2021-06-11T15:13:27-04:00 2021-06-11T15:13:28-04:00 Adobe Acrobat 17.0 application/pdf 96112101 uuid:728ebb4b-c5fa-4859-a024-4de2d39a0ff3 uuid:3d3bcabc-73cc-4d56-8642-561d768684e2 Acrobat Web Capture 15.0 endstream endobj 5 0 obj <> endobj 6 0 obj <> endobj 3 0 obj <> endobj 7 0 obj <> endobj 8 0 obj <> endobj 16 0 obj <>>> endobj 17 0 obj <> endobj 18 0 obj <> endobj 20 0 obj [19 0 R 19 0 R] endobj 21 0 obj [19 0 R 19 0 R] endobj 22 0 obj [19 0 R 19 0 R] endobj 19 0 obj <><><><>]/P 17 0 R/Pg 13 0 R/S/Article>> endobj 13 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 0/Type/Page>> endobj 23 0 obj [29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R] endobj 24 0 obj <>stream BT /Artifact <>BDC /TT0 1 Tf 9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm (96112101)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/96112101.html)Tj 49.657 0 Td ([6/11/2021 3:13:27 PM])Tj EMC ET 1 g 10 36 591.75 729.75 re f /Article <>BDC EMC /Article <>BDC BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 16 749.25 Tm (In Re:)Tj 0 -2.125 TD ([Redacted])Tj T* (Claimant)Tj T* (DATE: May 16, 1997)Tj T* (Claims Case No. 96112101)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 15.224 -2.125 Td (CLAIMS APPEALS BOARD DECISION)Tj -15.224 -2.125 Td (DIGEST)Tj /TT0 1 Tf T* (The widow of a Reserve component service member who retired in 1952 and \ who died in 1964, is )Tj 39.518 0 Td (not entitled under)Tj -39.518 -1.125 Td (Section 305 of the Army and Air Force Vitilization and Retirement Equali\ zation )Tj 32.436 0 Td (Act of 1948, or Air Force Pamphlet 30-)Tj -32.436 -1.125 Td (1-1 \(1964\), to receive monthly payments equal to her late )Tj 23.243 0 Td (husband's retired pay when she reaches age 60.)Tj /TT1 1 Tf -23.243 -2.125 Td (DECISION)Tj /TT0 1 Tf T* ([Redacted] , the claimant, appeals our Settlement Certificate in DOHA Cl\ aim No. 96091003, )Tj 37.462 0 Td (November 5, 1996. )Tj (Our)Tj -37.462 -1.375 Td (settlement denied her claim for monthly benefits based on her late )Tj 26.686 0 Td (husband's \([Redacted]\) Reserve service.)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 528.3086 480.75 Tm (\(1\))Tj ET 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 528.3086 480 cm 0 0 m 11.369 0 l h S Q BT 0 g /TT1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 274.1992 450.75 Tm (Background)Tj /TT0 1 Tf -21.517 -2.125 Td (The service member retired from the United States Air Force Reserve when\ he reached the age of )Tj 39.289 0 Td (60, effective October)Tj -39.289 -1.125 Td (31, 1952; he died on August 24, 1964. )Tj 15.583 0 Td (The Defense Finance & Accounting )Tj 14.689 0 Td (Service - Denver Center reports that it is not)Tj -30.272 -1.125 Td (known whether the late service member participated in )Tj 22.213 0 Td (either the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan, 10)Tj -22.213 -1.125 Td (U.S.C. )Tj (1431-1446, \(RSFPP\) or its )Tj (predecessor, the Uniform Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, ch. 39\ 3, 67 Stat.)Tj 0 -1.125 TD (501. )Tj (The )Tj (claimant says that she waited until she turned 60 in 1992 to apply for b\ enefits on advice of Air Force )Tj 44.35 0 Td (officials.)Tj -44.35 -2.125 Td (In the November 5, 1996, Settlement Certificate, this Office thoroughly \ explained the legal basis for )Tj 40.377 0 Td (denial of any)Tj -40.377 -1.125 Td (benefits based on irregular military service under title 10, United Stat\ es Code. )Tj 31.436 0 Td (We will )Tj 3.443 0 Td (not elaborate further on that)Tj -34.879 -1.125 Td (discussion except to address the errors cited by the claimant in her )Tj 26.77 0 Td (appeal.)Tj -26.77 -2.125 Td (Preliminarily, it is the claimant's position that by operation of law wh\ en her husband died, and upon )Tj 40.2 0 Td (her 60th birthday in)Tj -40.2 -1.125 Td (1992, she should receive any retired pay he would have received if he ha\ d )Tj 29.85 0 Td (continued to live. )Tj 7.221 0 Td (She maintains that it was)Tj -37.07 -1.125 Td (not necessary for the service member to have enrolled in )Tj 22.88 0 Td (any annuity program in order for the claimant to collect such)Tj -22.88 -1.375 Td (benefits. )Tj 3.666 0 Td (The claimant characterizes )Tj 10.965 0 Td (the service member's benefits as "old age benefits." )Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 441.1094 254.25 Tm (\(2\))Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 441.1094 253.5 cm 0 0 m 11.369 0 l h S Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 452.478 249.75 Tm ( On appeal, the claimant)Tj -36.373 -1.125 Td (asserts that the )Tj 6.137 0 Td (adjudicators committed various errors. )Tj 15.69 0 Td (For one thing, she says that her entitlement is not based on)Tj -21.827 -1.375 Td (Sections 302 and 307 of the Army and Air Force Vitilization and Retireme\ nt Equalization Act of )Tj 39.046 0 Td (1948,)Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 511.5508 224.25 Tm (\(3\))Tj ET q 1 0 0 1 511.5508 223.5 cm 0 0 m 11.369 0 l h S Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 522.9194 219.75 Tm ( rather it is)Tj -42.243 -1.125 Td (based on the correct advice of certain Air Force officials, corroborated\ by section )Tj 32.764 0 Td (22 of Air Force Pamphlet \(AFP\) 30-1-)Tj -32.764 -1.125 Td (1 \(May 1, 1964\) and Section 305 of the 1948 Act "which )Tj 23.043 0 Td (makes old age benefits, viz. social security benefits part of the)Tj -23.043 -1.125 Td (sum total of retirement pay." )Tj 11.738 0 Td (The )Tj (claimant contends that in accordance with Section 305, old age benefits,\ or other)Tj -11.738 -1.125 Td (benefits received )Tj 7.052 0 Td (on account of civilian employment, are to be included in the amount of r\ etired pay. )Tj 33.461 0 Td (She says that)Tj -40.513 -1.125 Td (because old age benefits are synonymous with Social Security benefits, "\ there should not have been )Tj 40.175 0 Td (a denial . . .)Tj -40.175 -1.125 Td ([because] . . . such benefits are considered community property and a ri\ ght to [a] )Tj 32.488 0 Td (surviving spouse . . ." )Tj (Finally with)Tj -32.488 -1.125 Td (regard to the finding that there was no evidence that the )Tj 22.52 0 Td (claimant's late husband participated in RSFPP or its)Tj -22.52 -1.125 Td (predecessor, the claimant suggests that he may )Tj 18.938 0 Td (have been in one of those programs and contends that DFAS is trying to)Tj -18.938 -1.125 Td (make itself non-liable for )Tj 10.385 0 Td (claims by destroying her late husband's pay records.)Tj /TT1 1 Tf 11.52 -2.125 Td (Discussion)Tj /TT0 1 Tf -21.906 -2.125 Td (Preliminarily, while the result in )Tj 13.22 0 Td (McCarty v. 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