Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake announced the Department of Veterans Affairs travel reimbursement has increased from $.28 cents per mile to $.41cents. While increasing the payment, the current deductible amounts applied to certain mileage reimbursements will remain frozen at $7.77 for a one way trip, $15.54 for a round trip, and capped at a maximum of $46.62 per calendar month. On January 9, 2009, these deductibles will decrease to $3 for a one way trip, $6 for a round trip, with a maximum of $18 per calendar month.
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VA Increases Travel Reimbursement
Week of November 24, 2008
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