Key legal question
Whether the repayment order for EO compensation could be reopened by revision or reconsideration
Extracted holding
No. There were no new facts or evidence for revision, and the original benefit award was not shown to be manifestly incorrect so as to justify reconsideration.
Extracted reasoning
The claim to compensation depends on entitlement to soldier's pay, not on the validity of the service authorization. A possibly defective authorization did not, by itself, establish an unlawful original award or a reopening ground.