Storage of Household Goods by Employee's Parents

An advance decision was requested on the propriety of paying a voucher submitted by the parents of an overseas Veterans Administration (VA) employee which covers the nontemporary storage of the employee's household goods. At the time the employee was authorized travel for permanent duty, VA authorized the shipment of the balance of the household goods to a Los Angeles, California address. The record showed that the address was that of a house owned by the employee's parents. There was no evidence of any contract entered into between VA and the employee's parents for the storage of the household goods nor was there any evidence of what steps, if any, were taken to determine the adequacy of other storage facilities either in his new permanent station or in Los Angeles. In the absence of any contract between VA and the employee's parents for the nontemporary storage of the employee's household goods, there was no authority for payment of the voucher. Accordingly, the claim was disallowed.