a. Payment if Ordinarily, an application on is completed and approved by VA Form 21-4502 the Vehicle was authorization activity to certify eligibility before the claimant takes Purchased possession of, or title to, the vehicle. Before Adjudicative However, payment of the automobile allowance is precluded if the vehicle not Action was purchased before the adjudicative action establishing eligibility, provided Established the claimant was actually eligible on the date on which the claimant signed Eligibility the sales contract. The eligibility is controlled by the effective date claimant’s of the qualifying disability. The Veterans Service Center (VSC) receives requests in duplicate for b. Receiving Eligibility eligibility data for reimbursement of adaptive equipment for a vehicle Requests for acquired prior to receipt of the automobile allowance from the medical center Vehicles or outpatient clinic. Acquired Prior to Receipt of The request identifies the claimant and the reason for the request. Allowance [Date expense Example: claimant eligible under 38 U.S.C. 3902 on “Was was incurred for purchase, installation, repair, or reinstallation of adaptive equipment]?” After receiving eligibility requests for vehicles acquired prior to receipt of the c. Processing Eligibility automobile allowance, use the table below to determine eligibility. Requests for Vehicles Acquired Prior to Receipt of Allowance If Then … … the claimant has previously filed determine basic eligibility as not a claim for the automobile allowance described in M21-1, Part IX, Subpart and adaptive equipment i, 2.1. there is evidence of entitlement or determine the eligibility of the nonentitlement on record, or claimant for an automobile allowance on the date furnished by a determination of basic eligibility the medical facility has already been made annotate the request form to show eligible “Claimant (was) (was not) [date furnished by the medical on facility]” file the copy of the eligibility request in the claims folder, and return the original to the requester.
a. Payment if the Vehicle was Purchased Before Adjudicative Action Established Eligibility Ordinarily, an application on VA Form 21-4502 is completed and approved by authorization activity to certify eligibility before the claimant takes possession of, or title to, the vehicle. However, payment of the automobile allowance is not precluded if the vehicle was purchased before the adjudicative action establishing eligibility, provided the claimant was actually eligible on the date on which the claimant signed the sales contract. The claimant’s eligibility is controlled by the effective date of the qualifying disability. b. Receiving Eligibility Requests for Vehicles Acquired Prior to Receipt of Allowance The Veterans Service Center (VSC) receives requests in duplicate for eligibility data for reimbursement of adaptive equipment for a vehicle acquired prior to receipt of the automobile allowance from the medical center or outpatient clinic. The request identifies the claimant and the reason for the request. Example: “Was claimant eligible under 38 U.S.C. 3902 on [Date expense was incurred for purchase, installation, repair, or reinstallation of adaptive equipment]?” c. Processing Eligibility Requests for Vehicles Acquired Prior to Receipt of Allowance After receiving eligibility requests for vehicles acquired prior to receipt of the automobile allowance, use the table below to determine eligibility. If … Then … the claimant has not previously filed a claim for the automobile allowance and adaptive equipment determine basic eligibility as described in M21-1, Part IX, Subpart i, 2.1. there is evidence of entitlement or nonentitlement on record, or a determination of basic eligibility has already been made determine the eligibility of the claimant for an automobile allowance on the date furnished by the medical facility annotate the request form to show “Claimant (was) (was not) eligible on [date furnished by the medical facility]” file the copy of the eligibility request in the claims folder, and return the original to the requester.