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B-219812 1 (1986-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmfy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GE-N-AL OECISION . . OP THE UNITED ITATES 411.;: SHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-219812 DATE: March 25, 1986 MATTER OF: Leslie L. Martinez DIGEST: The fact that an employee with back prob- lems needs a multiple adjustable driver's seat does not render a regularly equipped Government-furnished vehicle unavailable. The cost of special equipment of this nature is a personal expense. Thus, an employee who requests to use his own specially equipped vehicle instead of a regularly equipped Government-furnished vehicle is limited to reimbursement at the 9.5 cent mileage rate applicable when a Government-furnished vehicle is authorized and available and the employee elects to use his own vehicle. Under circumstances where a Government-furnished vehicle is otherwise available, we hold that an employee who travels by privately-owned vehicle equipped with an ortho- pedic seat is entitled to reimbursement at the rate of 9.5 cents per mile payable when a Government-furnished vehicle is authorized and available and the employee elects to use a privately-owned vehicle. The employee's orthopedic require- ments do not render the Government-furnished vehicle unavailable so as to entitle him to reimbursement at the rate of 20.5 cents per mile.1/ BACKGROUND Mr. Leslie L. Martinez, an employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, claims that he suffered a back injury during duty hours in March 1977. He did not file a timely claim for Workmen's Compensation and a 1/ The Director, Office of Finance and Accounting, Department of Housing and Urban Development, submitted the request for a decision.

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