ptsd Can we get travel pay?

[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

[gs106]

I usually go to the Columbia, SC VAMC and get a paper check in the mail.  I had to go to the Asheville, NC VAMC for my last C & P on Saturday.  I had to take a new direct deposit form and complete VA Form 10-3542 and leave it with the C & P folks.  I got the direct deposit about 10 times faster than I get the paper check when I go to Columbia.  I also had 16 physical therapy appointments at a non VA facility and had to send the 10-3542 to Columbia, SC along the the letter authorizing the treatment.  I have talked to a supervisor in the travel office twice and been able to get travel pay outside the 30 day window when the kiosk was screwed up at the local VA clinic. I also had to send a statement listing all appointments and saying that I kept all appointments signed by the physical therapist for the non VA treatment.

Edited January 2, 2016 by gs106
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