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Defense Department form, series DD, number 827. Full title: DD Form 827, Application for Arrears in Pay, March 1985. Function: Arrears in Pay, Application For. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 21 entry fields.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
What the form asks for
- 1. Claimant Data. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 1.b. Social security number.
- 1.c. Pay grade.
- 1.d. Rank.
- 1.e. Signature.
- 1.f. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 1.g. Mailing address (Street, P O Box, City, State, Zip Code).
- 2. Period for which arrears are believed to be due from the U.S. a. From (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 2.b. To: 4 digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- 3. Claimant served in: press space bar to mark X in first box if Army, second box if Navy, third box if Air Force, fourth box if Marine Corps, or fifth box if Coast Guard.
- 4. Last date enlisted/entered on active duty (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5. Last date discharged/released from active duty (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. Place of discharge (City, state).
- 7. Facts and circumstances on which claim is based.
- 8. Disbursing/Finance Officer. (Complete only if claimant is on active duty. Continue on reverse side if additional space is needed.) I hereby certify that I have not and will not pay any portion of this claim for the following reasons:
- 8.a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 8.b. Unit/command name.
- 8.c. Signature.
- 8.d. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 8.e. Disbursing Officer Symbol Number.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 827?
- DD Form 827, Application for Arrears in Pay, March 1985
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?