B-184605: May 6, 1976

AMBULANCE EXPENSE FOR HIS TRANSPORTATION TO HOSPITAL AT TEMPORARY DUTY POST IS NOT REIMBURSABLE UNDER FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT WHEN HE WAS AT HIS TEMPORARY DUTY STATION. BARTOSCH LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DURING A HIGH-BLOOD PRESSURE SEIZURE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE. AS INDICATED IN THE REQUEST FOR A DECISION WE HELD IN 40 COMP.GEN. 167 (1960) THAT AN EMPLOYE...

B-184605: May 6, 1976

An advance decision was requested with regard to a claim for reimbursement of the costs of ambulance services incurred by an employee who lost consciousness during a high-blood-pressure seizure while on temporary duty. The Federal Travel Regulations do not provide for reimbursement for transportation to a hospital at a temporary duty post...