B-195706.OM, L/M, FEB 20, 1980

CLAIMS DIVISION: RETURNED HEREWITH IS CLAIMS FILE NO. 11 DAYS OF ACTIVE SERVICE ON THE DATE HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE MARINE CORPS FOR REASONS OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY ON SEPTEMBER 9. THE ERRONEOUS ENTRY IN THE RETIREMENT ORDERS WAS USED BY THE MARINE CORPS FINANCE CENTER IN COMPUTING HIS RETIRED PAY ENTITLEMENT. AS A RESULT HE WAS OVERPAID BETWEEN $24 AND $27 PER MONTH DURING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 1976 THROUGH JULY 1978. WE DENIED SERGEANT REDDY'S APPLICATION FOR WAIVER FOR THE REASON THAT HE SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THE ERROR IN HIS RETIREMENT ORDERS AND HAD IT CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT. SERGEANT REDDY INDICATES THAT HE BELIEVED THIS WAS THE FORM THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING HIS RETIRED PAY.