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B-212481, FEB 2, 1984

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DIGEST: A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO BECOMES A CITIZEN OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY BY NATURALIZATION AND WHO VOLUNTARILY RENOUNCES HIS UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP LOSES THE RIGHT TO RETIRED PAY SINCE ENTITLEMENT TO RETIRED PAY DEPENDS UPON THE CONTINUATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S STATUS AS A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE MILITARY SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE AS REQUIRED AND THAT STATUS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH RENUNCIATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP. SUCH A PERSON WHO ELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN AND FROM WHOSE RETIRED PAY THE REQUIRED DEDUCTIONS WERE BEING MADE FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE PLAN WHEN HE RENOUNCED HIS U.S. O'FEARNA SEEKS RESTORATION OF HIS MILITARY RETIRED PAY WHICH WAS TERMINATED UPON HIS BECOMING A CITIZEN OF AUSTRALIA.

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