B-221518: Sep 26, 1986

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIVING IN AN APARTMENT IN YPSILANTI. FROM WHICH HE WAS COMMUTING TO WORK. WAS RENTED OUT. THE LATTER RESIDENCE WAS NOT OCCUPIED BY THE EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME HE WAS FIRST NOTIFIED OF THE TRANSFER. NOR WAS IT THE RESIDENCE FROM WHICH HE COMMUTED TO WORK ON A DAILY BASIS. THUS HIS CLAIM IS DENIED. R. BRUCE MICHAEL: THIS DECISION IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR AN ADVANCE DECISION BY M...

B-221518: Sep 26, 1986

The Veterans Administration (VA) requested a decision regarding an employee's claim for reimbursement for real estate expenses incident to his transfer. VA denied the claim because the claimant listed an apartment in one city as his residence at the time of his transfer, but claimed the expenses for the sale of a house in another city. The claimant contended that: (1) the apartment was a summer ho...