Travel Pay

[rattattat]

I was wondering,

if you have been treated at the VA for a health problem for the last five years and that same health problem is now service connected, can you receive travel pay for all of those past appointments that were related to the now serviced connected problem?

Sandy

[Wings]

HOLEY CRAP, you can receive travel pay every time you drive to the VA hospital?? I mean if its service connected? I thought this was only for C&P's.

The VA will volunteer NOTHING concerning your "benefits". Yes Yogie, every time you drive to the VA Hospital and everytime somebody else drives you to a VA Hospital. Most VA Clinics won't pay travel.

The regulations are in 38 CFR, Chapter 17, somewhere!! Go get 'em !!

I belive they will only reimburse up to 30 days . . . . But you could always APPEAL. ~Wings

[evandc]

Travel Pay Office, not sure where it is located, but in Dorn VAMC it's near the Pharmacy. Ask at the information desk. Normally they can pay you back to the last 30 days, but then they posted can pay for only 2 most recent visits..

Don

Edited June 2, 2008 by evandc

[Wings]

The VA will volunteer NOTHING concerning your "benefits". Yes Yogie, every time you drive to the VA Hospital and everytime somebody else drives you to a VA Hospital. Most VA Clinics won't pay travel.

The regulations are in 38 CFR, Chapter 17, somewhere!! Go get 'em !!

I belive they will only reimburse up to 30 days . . . . But you could always APPEAL. ~Wings

http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/va_search.jsp?QT=mileage

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.

[evandc]

NEWS FLASH

>

>VA new travel rates take effect today

>

>VA Department of Veterans Affairs

>Office of Public Affairs

>Media Relations

>Washington, DC 20420

>(202) 461-7600

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

>

>January 31, 2008

>

>VA Increases Travel Reimbursement for Eligible Veterans

>WASHINGTON – Over a million eligible veterans will see their mileage reimbursement

more than double starting tomorrow, for travel to Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) medical facilities.

>

>“This increase helps veterans -- especially those living in rural areas -- offset

some of the gasoline costs as they travel to VA’s world-class health care,” said

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. “Increasing the mileage

reimbursement is one more step by VA to help veterans access the health care they

deserve.”

>

>The 2008 appropriations act provided funding for VA to increase the beneficiary

travel mileage

>

>reimbursement rate from 11 cents per mile to 28.5 cents per mile. The increase goes

into effect on Feb.

>

>1. After little more then a month on the job, Secretary Peake used his authority to

establish the first increase in the mileage reimbursement in 30 years, fulfilling a

pledge he made during his Senate confirmation hearing last month.

>

>While increasing the payment, VA, as mandated by law, also equally increased the

deductible amounts applied to certain mileage reimbursements. The new deductibles

are $7.77 for a one way trip, $15.54 for a round trip, with a maximum of $46.62 per

calendar month. However, these deductibles can be waived if they cause a financial hardship to the veteran.

[william n]

NEWS FLASH

>

>VA new travel rates take effect today

>

>VA Department of Veterans Affairs

>Office of Public Affairs

>Media Relations

>Washington, DC 20420

>(202) 461-7600

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

>

>January 31, 2008

>

>VA Increases Travel Reimbursement for Eligible Veterans

>WASHINGTON – Over a million eligible veterans will see their mileage reimbursement

more than double starting tomorrow, for travel to Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) medical facilities.

>

>"This increase helps veterans -- especially those living in rural areas -- offset

some of the gasoline costs as they travel to VA's world-class health care," said

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. "Increasing the mileage

reimbursement is one more step by VA to help veterans access the health care they

deserve."

>

>The 2008 appropriations act provided funding for VA to increase the beneficiary

travel mileage

>

>reimbursement rate from 11 cents per mile to 28.5 cents per mile. The increase goes

into effect on Feb.

>

>1. After little more then a month on the job, Secretary Peake used his authority to

establish the first increase in the mileage reimbursement in 30 years, fulfilling a

pledge he made during his Senate confirmation hearing last month.

>

>While increasing the payment, VA, as mandated by law, also equally increased the

deductible amounts applied to certain mileage reimbursements. The new deductibles

are $7.77 for a one way trip, $15.54 for a round trip, with a maximum of $46.62 per

calendar month. However, these deductibles can be waived if they cause a financial hardship to the veteran.

correct sir ...try meeting the NEW deductible and see what ya get>>>>notta thing!!!

[william n]

this financial deal is typical and truly explains the attitude of the VA and those that are responsble for the "welfare" of our veterans...they're with the BS..mmmmmm