Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1340.21
May 12, 2004
GC, DoD
SUBJECT: Procedures for Settling Personnel and General Claims and Processing
Advance Decision Requests
References: (a) DoD Directive 1340.20, "Settling Personnel and General Claims and
Processing Advance Decision Requests," July 14, 2003
(b) Section 3702 of title 31, United States Code
(c) Section 2575 of title 10, United States Code
(d) Section 2771 of title 10, United States Code
(e) through (l), see enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
This Instruction implements policy under reference (a) and prescribes procedures for
processing and settling personnel and general claims under references (b) through (i) and
for processing requests for an advance decision under reference (j).
2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
This Instruction applies to:
2.1. The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field
Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter
referred to collectively as "the DoD Components").
2.2. The Coast Guard, when it is not operating as a Service in the Navy under
agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, and the Commissioned Corps of
the Public Health Service (PHS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), under agreements with the Departments of Health and Human
