Automobiles and Adaptive Equipment for Certain Disabled Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces

 

Provide financial assistance to certain disabled servicepersons and Veterans toward the purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance and an additional amount for adaptive equipment deemed necessary to insure the eligible person will be able to operate or make use of the automobile or other conveyance. Provide adaptive equipment only for certain other disabled Veterans.

Active 64.100 Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Fiscal Year 2007 In fiscal year 2007, 1,371 vehicles were purchased; estimate for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is 1,371 vehicles each year.
Fiscal Year 2019 Auto Grants: In FY 19, 1,969 grants were awarded. (FY 20 est.: 1,969 grants; FY 21 est.: 1,969 grants.) Adaptive Equipment: In FY 19, 7,039 grants were awarded. (FY 20 est.: 7,039 grants; FY 21 est.: 7,039 grants.)
Fiscal Year 2023 In FY 2023, VA paid automobiles benefits to 1,097 Veterans with an average payment of $23,299, and VA paid adaptive equipment benefits to 3,219 Veterans with an average payment of $29,279. 38 U.S.C. 39. AUTOMOBILES AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
38 U.S.C. 3.808
Automobiles or other conveyances and adaptive equipment; certification Veterans with honorable service and servicepersons on active duty having a service-connected disability due to loss or permanent loss of use (LOU) in one or both feet, one or both hands, or a permanent impairment of vision of in both eyes to a prescribed degree or a severe burn injury defined as disability caused by deep partial thickness or full thickness burns resulting in scar formation that causes contractures and limits motion of one or more extremities or the trunk and precludes effective operation of an automobile or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Eligibility for an automobile grant may be based on functional as well as organic LOU of an extremity or blindness. Eligibility based on burn injury only applies to claims filed on or after October 1, 2011. For adaptive equipment only, eligibility also exists if there is service-connected ankylosis of one or both knees or one or both hips (see 38 U.S.C. 3902(b)(2) for more information). Servicepersons on active duty also qualify under the same criteria as Veterans. Disabled servicepersons and veterans. DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty". Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. An application (VA Form 21-4502, Application for Automobile or Other Conveyance and Adaptive Equipment) may be obtained from any VA Office or Regional Office (see Appendix IV of the Catalog) and submitted to the Regional Office. Applications are also available on-line at http://www.va.gov/vaforms/. There is no time limit for filing a claim. In addition, a VA Form 10-1394, Application for Adaptive Equipment - Motor Vehicle, is required if the Veteran is entitled to adaptive equipment only. This form is typically provided by the outpatient clinic to the Veteran for forwarding to the finance activity, or submitted by the prosthetics department on his/her behalf to the local finance activity. There is no time limit for filing a claim for adaptive equipment based on ankylosis. Awards are authorized at the Regional Office. Not applicable. Not applicable. In the event of a denial or disagreement, a notification letter will advise of applicable review/appeal options, associated filing requirements and time limits. Not applicable. Not applicable. 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. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Assistance toward purchase of an automobile or other conveyance is a one-time payment only, made to the seller of the vehicle, in an amount not exceeding the amount specified in 38 U.S.C. 3902, and if the eligibility requirements are met. Exceptions to this one-time assistance are found in PL 112-154. 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. The adaptive equipment benefit may be paid more than once, and it may be paid to either the seller or the Veteran. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. See Appendix IV of the Catalog for Veterans Benefits Administration field offices or local VHA facilities as noted for VA Form 10-1394. Veterans Benefits Administration Compensation Service
810 Vermont Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20420 USA
vbaco_21cea@va.gov
Phone: (206) 965-3884
Fax: EXECASST.VBACO@va.gov

Jude Lopez
VBA, Office of Executive Review

810 Vermont Ave., N.W
Washington, DC 20420 USA
jude.lopez1@va.gov
Phone: (202) 461-9275 http://www.va.gov. 36-0137-0-1-702 (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 23$25,559,000.00; FY 24 est $59,719,000.00; FY 25 est $61,281,000.00; FY 19$40,401,000.00; FY 20 est $41,346,000.00; FY 21 est $42,314,000.00; FY 07$53,443,000.00; FY 08 est $57,300,000.00; FY 09 est $61,600,000.00; - Auto Grants(Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 23$94,249,000.00; FY 24 est $105,272,000.00; FY 25 est $106,775,000.00; FY 19$97,229,000.00; FY 20 est $101,718,000.00; FY 21 est $106,413,000.00; - Adaptive Equipment Auto Grants: In FY 24, up to $25,603.02. 38 CFR 3.808. "Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents," VA Pamphlet 80-0-01, $5.00, available from Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. The stock number is 051-000-00233-4. Not applicable.