B-256002.2: Jul 2, 1996

A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee requested reconsideration of his denied claim for reimbursement for real estate purchase expenses. GAO had held that the employee was not entitled to reimbursement, since he purchased his new residence well before VA actually transferred him to the area or clearly expressed an administrative intent to do so. In his request for reconsideration, the emp...

B-256002.2: Jul 2, 1996

Employee's claim for reimbursement of real estate purchase expenses is denied since there was no clear administrative intent to transfer him at the time when his expenses were incurred. We denied his claim because there was no clearly existing administrative intent to transfer him at the time he signed the construction contract on September 14. They are helpful in resolving this reconsideration. J...