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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 (May 5, 1998)Tj 0 -2.125 TD (DOHA Claims Case No. 97091101)Tj T* ([Redacted])Tj T* (This will acknowledge receipt of your request that I immediately reconsi\ der the Claims Appeals)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 38.71 0 Td (Board's \(Board\))Tj -38.71 -1.125 Td (decision in DOHA Claims Case No. 96121102 \(August 22, 1997\).)Tj 0 -2.375 TD (In its decision, the Board found that former Section 1331\(c\) of title \ 10 of the United States Code \(10)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 40.436 0 Td (U.S.C. 1331\(c\)\))Tj 0 0 0.933 rg 9.75 0 0 9.75 577.8848 635.25 Tm (\(1\))Tj ET 0 0 0.933 RG 0.75 w q 1 0 0 1 577.8848 634.5 cm 0 0 m 11.369 0 l h S Q BT 0 g 12 0 0 12 589.2534 630.75 Tm (,)Tj -47.771 -1.125 Td (applied to your claim for non-Regular retired pay. )Tj 20.243 0 Td (This statute requires that a)Tj /Span<>> BDC ( )Tj EMC 10.802 0 Td (service member who was in a Reserve)Tj -31.045 -1.125 Td (component prior to 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