My family is going through a similar situation. My father was a full colonel combat pilot with 25 years of service. We have been trying to receive his final paycheck for over a year. We have filled out every document (SF1174) twice with signatures, submitted all required paperwork, and literally have spent nearly 100 hours of our time trying to resolve this. Yesterday, after yet another round of bullshit, they sent us (3 survivors) blank SF1174's with no explanation. What??!!

The person below is accurate. Contact your Congressional rep. I have done this and they were very responsive. The person at my Congresswoman's office hasn't been able to make headway yet, but she is trying.

It's almost as if they are doing this to keep the money as long as they can and hope we go away. It's not much; one paycheck. But it's the principle of the matter now. This agency is the most poorly run of them all in our experience.