[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
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[CITE: 38CFR8.24]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 8_NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 8.24  Expenses incident to examinations for insurance purposes.

    Except as provided in Sec. 8.22, necessary transportation expenses 
incident to physical or mental examinations for insurance purposes at 
regional offices or medical facilities shall be furnished when the 
insured is ordered to report for examination at the specific request of 
the insurance activity concerned, or the Director of a regional office 
or of a medical facility. Such expenses will be borne by the United 
States and will be paid from the applicable appropriation of the 
Veterans Health Services and Research Administration. Transportation, 
meal and lodging requests in connection with reporting to and returning 
from the place of examination may be furnished the applicant, or the 
applicant may travel at his or her own expense and claim reimbursement 
for such travel on a mileage basis, provided prior authority has been 
given for the travel. Travel incident to such an examination by salaried 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs will be in accordance 
with the Federal Travel Regulations. If such an examination is made by a 
medical examiner on a fee basis, payment will be made at a fee not in 
excess of the schedule of fees in effect and approved by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for medical and professional services in the State 
in which the examination is made. Where no approved State fee schedule 
is in effect or where a fee for the type of examination authorized is 
not listed in the approved State fee schedule in effect, such 
examinations will be furnished at a fee not in excess of that listed in 
the ``Guide for Charges for Medical and Ancillary Services'' of the 
Veterans Health Services and Research Administration in effect at the 
time the examination is authorized. If the particular examination is not 
covered by a schedule in effect and/or the said guide, a fee not in 
excess of what is reasonable and customarily charged in the community 
concerned may be allowed.

[30 FR 3650, Mar. 19, 1965, as amended at 47 FR 11659, Mar. 18, 1982. 
Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 29290, 29293, June 10, 1996. 
Redesignated at 65 FR 7437, Feb. 15, 2000; 65 FR 19659, Apr. 12, 2000]

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