USA SPENDING CH39 B100 AUTOMOBILE AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT ALLOWANCE MAR2019

<p>VBA PROGRAM BENEFITS for Automobiles and Adaptive Equipment for Certain Disabled Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces. Veterans with honorable service and servicepersons on duty having a service-connected disability due to loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, one or both hands, or a permanent impairment of vision of both eyes to a prescribed degree. For adaptive equipment only, eligibility also exists if there is service-connected ankylosis of one or both knees or one or both hips. Personnel on active duty also qualify under the same criteria as veterans. Uses &amp; Use Restrictions: Assistance toward purchase of an automobile or other conveyance is a one-time payment only. Necessary adaptive equipment may be furnished, repaired, replaced, or reinstalled on a conveyance which may be purchased with assistance or any other conveyance subsequently or previously acquired. Adaptive equipment will be provided for no more than two conveyances during any four-year period unless one of those two vehicles becomes unavailable to the veteran.</p>