HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted December 19, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted December 19, 2015 Anybody know if we can get travel pay when we have a PTSD C&P?My reason for asking I may get one here in the next month or two a veteran at my VAMC mention to me that they are not doingPTSD C&P at our VAMC..We have to go to a different location.....its is about 50 miles away vs 22 miles from my VAMC. Anybody Know?............Thanks.............................Buck I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pwrslm Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) You know they will take it back Buck...its just the system. Poetic Justice doesn't work with the system. Edited December 19, 2015 by pwrslm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andyman73 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 My travel pay comes in paper check form, and runs between $14.50 and $16.50, even though it's the same place. I tried the kiosk once and it wanted account info for travel beneficiary...so I just canceled that and filed out the paper request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Vync Posted December 19, 2015 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Share Posted December 19, 2015 Well now VAMCs has put a new wrinkle that makes thing both easier and harder. My VAMC travel pay was so backed up (about 2 months) they decided to start using Kiosk Machines. The machines are real simple, just follow the directions for submitting travel pay the day of your appointment. No line to wait at the travel window. I get my travel pay deposited in my account but I have no idea of what day it was for so it is really messed up. I think the VAMCs still have travel windows for those who use a taxi or those who use a driving service for them to submit some type of travel voucher. Of course they will always have a cashiers window for those they charge for any type of bill. P. S. This is totally off the subject but I was just wondering the other day that VA has these kiosk machines all over the hospital. I also notice that VA still kept their travel pay employees. So my thoughts were I wonder how much all these machines cost and why in the heck would VA purchase them and keep the travel pay employees and paying them for the same job the kiosk machines are doing.At the Birmingham VAMC, half the kiosk's have "out of order" signs on them. It makes me wonder if some government union employees printed out the out of order signs and just go around randomly putting them on the kiosks. Also, ours do not process travel yet. I always tell the clerk I get travel in hopes they print out the voucher before my appointment is over. About a week later, I get one of those Statue of Liberty treasury checks in the mail along with a printout so I know what day was being paid. When I cash them at the bank, they always joke and tell me not to spend it all in one place. Buck52 and Andyman73 2 "If it's stupid but works, then it isn't stupid."- From Murphy's Laws of Combat Disclaimer: I am not a legal expert, so use at own risk and/or consult a qualified professional representative. Please refer to existing VA laws, regulations, and policies for the most up to date information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Vync Posted December 19, 2015 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Share Posted December 19, 2015 yes I agree pete992 kiosk machine they pay double on the amount paid, it only happens to me when I go to MH, I CHECK IN using the Kiosk machine AND ALWAYS ADD THE TRAVEL PAY, and then my therapist tells me to go check out with the clerk for future appointments and travel pay, the clerk puts it in the computer and has me to sign a paper for travel pay, then when I look on my bank statements at the 1st of the month it shows the travel pay for two appointments at MH..MY TRAVLE MILAGE IS 22MILES TO AND FROM 44 miles and its usually 13.09 $ and with MH appointments its always 1906 $?All other appointments only pay the 13.09...MH appointments pay 1906?I think when you use the kiosk machine it don't let the clerks know? I even told the clerk at MH I FILED FOR TRAVEL PAY ON THE KI0SK MACHINE, but he had me sign the travel pay paper when I checked out for my appointment.I usually get my travel pay at the end of the month (for the month) and they combined all the appointments for that month and send them direct deposit.I was wondering if they catch this will I have to pay it back? not my mistake! ...........BuckBuckI'm not sure if this might explain it, but at the Birmingham VAMC, they take a $6 "deductible" from your first three round trip travel vouchers for a calendar month. Any others after that you get the full amount. If your MH appointments are toward the end of the month, that might be why. I believe someone told me that C&P exams are not subject to the "deductible".I personally don't see the "deductible" as anything short of the VAMC's skimming off the top. I hear stories that it is used for local VAMC "purposes", but truly believe they are enjoying ripping us all off. Even being 100% P&T, they still confiscate the "deductible" from my travel checks. "If it's stupid but works, then it isn't stupid."- From Murphy's Laws of Combat Disclaimer: I am not a legal expert, so use at own risk and/or consult a qualified professional representative. Please refer to existing VA laws, regulations, and policies for the most up to date information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted December 19, 2015 Author HadIt.com Elder Share Posted December 19, 2015 Yeah ain't that the truth VyncI told them about it so but if they keep doing it...I'll take it..it could add up though, I have had as many appointments as 12 in one month, back when I started Move program its once a week for 16 weeks and in between I had other appointments, it was not always like this tho, since Bob Robert McDonald took over it seems the appointment times got better but could be just a coincidence too?Those appointments damn near killed me its just the way it worked out, I gripe for years about not getting an appointment in 30 days and all of a sudden I had 12 in one month...the VA works in mysterious ways eh!I never thought to ask for travel pay with the choice card but it was in the same town or close to where I live Plano Tx..I live in Rowlett Tx maybe 10 miles or so just off George Bush Turnpike off Preston Ave. .............BuckI hope they don't make me go to my RO for a C&P ? Anybody ever heard of that? I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Vync Posted December 19, 2015 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Share Posted December 19, 2015 The Montgomery Alabama RO and VAMC are adjacent to each other. I guess veterans served in that area practically go to the RO for the C&P exams.Check your travel amounts and see if the first three for a given calendar month are less than all the others. "If it's stupid but works, then it isn't stupid."- From Murphy's Laws of Combat Disclaimer: I am not a legal expert, so use at own risk and/or consult a qualified professional representative. Please refer to existing VA laws, regulations, and policies for the most up to date information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buck52
Anybody know if we can get travel pay when we have a PTSD C&P?
My reason for asking I may get one here in the next month or two a veteran at my VAMC mention to me that they are not doing
PTSD C&P at our VAMC..We have to go to a different location.....its is about 50 miles away vs 22 miles from my VAMC.
Anybody Know?
............Thanks
.............................Buck
I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!!
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georgiapapa
Buck, Andyman is right. If you have a combined rating of 30% or higher, you get travel pay for any VA appointment. All veterans can claim travel pay for C & P appointments regardless of rating.
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Yes, when I have gone to the Civilian Doc for the C&Ps, the VA always mails me a Check. 50 miles isnt too bad, my Exams are either 200 or 300 miles round trip. Thats what happens when you live in
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Vync, I also think that we should get a higher travel comp rate set at 25 cents above what ever the going rate is. And a reduction in federal income tax equal to our overall disability rating, for ex
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