Brandt v. United States

Plaintiff seeks to recover for each month since October 1, 1949, the difference between 75 percent of his monthly active duty pay at the time of his retirement in 1945 as a commander in the Navy, and increased disability retirement pay pursuant to one of the following computations alleged by plaintiff to be authorized under the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 802, et seg.:(1) 75 percent of the higher 1949 pay rates for a captain, or(2) 75 percent of the higher 1949 pay rates for a commander, or(3) 60 percent of the higher 1949 pay rates for a captain.

Plaintiff served in the United…