Since 09-10-06
Travel for Veterans Expense
Since 09-10-06
From:
Lowell J Mix [mailto:ljmix@juno.com]
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 2:27 PM
Subject: Travel for Veterans Expense
Do all you veterans out there that are 30% rated for a service connected injury know that you can be reimbursed for your travel to and from the VAMC?
There are others that can receive this also. Reimbursement for mileage or public transportation may be paid to the following:
Veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 30% or more;
Veterans traveling for treatment of a service-connected condition;
Veterans receiving a VA pension;
Veterans traveling for scheduled compensation or pension examinations;
Veterans whose income does not exceed the maximum VA pension rate;
Mileage reimbursement is made at the current rate of 11 cents per mile.
Travel payment is subject to a deductible of $3. for each one-way trip.
There is an $18. per month maximum deductible.
You are not subject to a deductible if you are traveling for a compensation or pension examination.
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(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 111) (b) Transportation at Government expense shall be
authorized for the following categories of VA beneficiaries, subject to the
deductible established in §17.101, Limitations:
(1) A veteran or other person traveling in connection with treatment for a service-connected disability (irrespective of percent of disability).
(c)
Transportation at Government expense shall be authorized for the following VA
beneficiaries without their being subject to the deductible
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(e) A veteran or other person shall be considered unable to defray the
expenses of travel if:
(1) Annual income for the year immediately preceding the application for
benefits does not exceed the maximum annual rate of pension which would be
payable if the person were eligible for pension; or
(2) The person is able to demonstrate that due to circumstances such as loss of
employment, or incurrence of a disability, income in the year of application
will not exceed the maximum annual rate of pension which would be payable if the
person were eligible for pension; or
(3) The person has a service-connected disability rated at least 30 percent;
or
(4) The person is traveling in connection with treatment of a service-connected
disability. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 111)
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8 REIMBURSEMENT FOR
BENEFICIARY TRAVEL.
a. Policy
(1) 38 U.S.C. 111 provides the basic authority for reimbursement of
travel expenses incurred by beneficiaries for travel performed to or from a
VA facility or other place for the purpose of vocational rehabilitation,
required educational counseling, examination, treatment, or care. Under
that authority, beneficiary travel expense reimbursement may be authorized for
the following categories of VA beneficiaries:
(a) Persons receiving benefits for or in connection with a service-connected
disability.
(b) Veterans receiving pension under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 521.
© Any beneficiary whose annual family income, as determined under the provisions
of 38 U.S.C. 503, is less than or equal to the maximum annual
base rate of pension which would be payable if he or she were eligible for
pension under 38 U.S.C. 521.
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I hope that this information will be of use to some and that the enlightment of
this (and the low amounts plus deductables, which are really BS) will encourage
all to contact their Congressmen and let them know that these rated need to be
increased.
thanks,
President Ex. Committee VAVS, VAMC Atlanta