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B-191190 1 (1979-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgzx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 DIGEST: Treatmenj ,no (1) Overseas employee of FBI permanently assigned to Caracus, Venezuela, traveled from Caracus to his home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in order to receive medical treatme t for he ppzra t o portibon of his back. 9at u s aYnd V- Government Transportation Requests we-ee-aoits to purchase employee's air transportation. Since there was no specific statutory authorization for payment of medical travel for overseas employees of the FBI, Government funds may not be used to pay for such travel. (2) Apt P may not be reimbursed for the travel expenses incurred by his wife from Caracus to Oklahoma City in order to be with employee since there is no asis for payment of employee's travel expenses o evidence that spouse's absence would have resulted i rkat personal hardship for the employee,oand th was not a determination that the services of an attendant were required. By letter dated January 26, 1978,!Mr. D.E. Cox, Authorized Certifying Officer, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),__nited States Department of Justice, -r4se navance decision concerning the payment of tr-ave- J~~ d nin tM~aE expenses o obtain edical treatment, which were incurred by Mr. Dwight G. Garretson a e. In July 1977, Mr. Garretson, an employee of the FBI assigned to the Office of Legal Attache, American Embassy, Caracus, Venezuela, began experiencing pain in the upper portion of his back. Upon examination the problem was diagnosed as a cervical nerve compression at the level of C-6 or C-7. Since the cause of the pain was not determined it was recommended that Mr. Garretson undergo a myelogram examination. The Embassy's medical staff advised against the myelogram since if it is not perfectly performed serious consequences including paralysis could result. At this point the legal attache in Caracus authorized the use of apt Trt-ed-f-unds-and-Goventif-ransportation Reques'ts -to purchase air transportation tor Mr.-Gar re-t-son s-travel-t-1-Tria.-reme in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for medical treatment. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES VWASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 470C FILE: B-191190 DATE: March 16, 1979 MATTER OF: Dwight G. Garretson - Travel Expenses for Medical T L oj,11111 4

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