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The New Va 40 Mile Limit
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Chuck75
After talking today with a VA upper echelon person, It's obvious that the VA is interpreting the 40 mile limit to the disadvantage of veterans in two ways.
1. Using an "as the crow flies" distance instead of the distance used to pay mileage to/from the same facility.
2. Using "Nautical Miles" instead of "Statute Miles". The nautical mile is longer.
So first, a shorter distance is used, then the longer nautical mile is applied.
I really doubt that congress came up with this all by itself. It looks like the VA lobbied congress to make this interpretation, since few members of congress
would even know the difference between statute and nautical miles. So much for "veteran friendly".
A common practice in current law is to shorten a "statute mile" to mile.
The very term statute implies that it's a "legal" mile in terms of law.
A nautical mile is usually specified as such in law and other documents.
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