---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 536.93"
title: "32"
number: "536.93"
heading: "Claims not payable under the Non-Scope Claims Act."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/536.93"
---

# §536.93. Claims not payable under the Non-Scope Claims Act.


Under this subpart, a claim is not payable that:

- (a) Results in whole or in part from the negligent or wrongful act of the claimant or his or her agent or employee. The doctrine of comparative negligence does not apply.
- (b) **Is for medical, hospital, or burial expenses furnished or paid by the United States.**
- (c) Is for any element of damage pertaining to personal injuries or death other than as provided in [§ 536.93(b)](#b). All other items of damage, for example, compensation for loss of earnings and services, diminution of earning capacity, anticipated medical expenses, physical disfigurement and pain and suffering are not payable.
- (d) **Is for loss of use of property or for the cost of substitute property, for example, a rental.**
- (e) **Is legally recoverable by the claimant under an indemnifying law or indemnity contract.** If the claim is in part legally recoverable, the part recoverable by the claimant is not payable.
- (f) **Is a subrogated claim.**
- (g) In some circumstances some claims may be partially payable. See DA Pam 27-162, paragraph 5-4 for more information on claims that may be partially payable.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2733; 10 U.S.C. 1089; 10 U.S.C. 1054; 28 U.S.C. 1291, 2401-2402, 2411-2412, 2671-2680; 10 U.S.C. 2737; 32 U.S.C. 715; 10 U.S.C. 2734a, 2734b; 10 U.S.C. 2734; 10 U.S.C. 4801, 4802, 4806; 46 U.S.C. app. 740; 39 U.S.C. 411; 10 U.S.C. 939; 10 U.S.C. 2736; 10 U.S.C. 2735; 10 U.S.C. 2731.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 69360, Nov. 30, 2006, unless otherwise noted.