---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.7103"
title: "38"
number: "21.7103"
heading: "Travel expenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.7103"
---

# §21.7103. Travel expenses.

- (a) **Travel for veterans and servicemembers.**
  - (1) Except as provided in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section, VA shall determine and pay the necessary cost of travel to and from the place of counseling for individuals who are required to receive counseling if—
    - (i) VA determines that the individual is unable to defray the cost based upon his or her annual declaration and certification; or
    - (ii) **The individual has a compensable service-connected disability.**
  - (2) VA shall not pay for the travel expenses for a veteran who is not residing in a State.
- (b) **Travel for attendants.**
  - (1) VA will authorize payment of travel expenses for an attendant while the individual is traveling when—
    - (i) The individual, because of a severe disability requires the services of an attendant when traveling, and
    - (ii) VA is paying the necessary cost of the individual's travel on the basis of the criteria stated in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
  - (2) VA will not pay the attendant a fee for travel expenses if he or she is a relative as defined in [§ 21.374](/cfr/38/21.374.md) of this part.
- (c) **Payment of travel expenses prohibited for most veterans.** VA shall not pay for any costs of travel to and from the place of counseling for anyone who requests counseling under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 30.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 28385, July 11, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 30, 36, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 1757, Jan. 22, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 28385, July 11, 1990]