Posted on Aug 24, 2022
Travel reimbursement for vets seeking care falls short, senator warns
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Travel reimbursement for vets seeking care falls short, senator warns
By Leo Shane III
Aug 24, 04:14 PM
The front of the Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. is shown on May 19, 2014. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)
A top Democratic senator is pushing Veterans Affairs officials to speed up reforms to the department’s travel reimbursement program, saying shortcomings in the system are hurting rural veterans’ finances.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] Sgt (Join to see) SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson CPL LaForest Gray SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow PO2 Marco Monsalve SrA John Monette
Travel reimbursement for vets seeking care falls short, senator warns
By Leo Shane III
Aug 24, 04:14 PM
The front of the Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. is shown on May 19, 2014. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)
A top Democratic senator is pushing Veterans Affairs officials to speed up reforms to the department’s travel reimbursement program, saying shortcomings in the system are hurting rural veterans’ finances.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] Sgt (Join to see) SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson CPL LaForest Gray SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM PV2 Larry Sellnow PO2 Marco Monsalve SrA John Monette
Travel reimbursement for vets seeking care falls short, senator warns
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL I don't get reimbursements even for service connected things because I live less than twenty miles from the V.A. I go to. I measure it, it's 19.8 miles!
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Thanks for sharing, unfortunately reimbursements for travel will always lag behind actual costs incurred.
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MAJ Roland McDonald
So very true and reimbursements always lag regardless if it's from government or civilian entities.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
MAJ Roland McDonald You just reminded me of my first civilian business trip. I had years of military travel under my belt and was amazed at the things the military would reimburse that my civilian employer denied and then how long it took to get what they would pay for.
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