Belle C. Watman, as of the Last Will and Testament of Morris Watman v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff, as executrix, succeeded to the claim of Morris Watman who died *473after he had filed the instant suit. In this opinion the word plaintiff will refer either to Morris Watman or to Belle C. Watman, Executrix, as appropriate to the time of the event under discussion.

Morris Watman, a commissioned officer in the military service, having been disabled in the service, was retired with disability retired pay in January 1947. Immediately upon his release from military service he went to work for the United States Veterans’ Administration in a civilian position, and worked for…