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B-179837 1 (1973-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadug0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * COMPROLLElf(GENEtAL OFTIE UN ITED VrAITS WAHiNGTOII, D.C.WOO (2'j)/63 5-17983? -. -- *~1 * * C.,. * $ 9. 1 - I *. *4 9 4 I 7 I Novei !I . tiber 21, 1973 * Tb. onorable Dousld Es' Johnson Adia1.twatorr Vetoras AdaInistrtaiou *9, .9 I I' 9),, - - . ---.9-. .9 9. * ' - 9 Boa WO J ohn001;, Your letter of October 4, 1973, roqueste our views a to whether eppropriations to the Veturans Admniustation (VA) to provide medical 're to eliible veterans way be expended am a necessary component of the VA'w treatrnt and rehabilitatloa program to add central air- conditlon tg to an eligible disabled veteran's hos under the opecial ciTcumtances set forth in your letter. Your letter dseloaes that certain disabled nYteraas auffn from a severe iwpairmnt of the heat reGulatory uachenicrra of their bodies to such a* extent that their body teupeaturea can only be safely mintuined in an arttftcally controllad phyical rxvirorment, Ia the past# the Veterans Ad inistration ba atteptcd to cest this need by installing a room air-conditioning unit in the veteran's ho, 1wve, your letter Indicates that this was not sufficient to resolve the.' problem-n that it proved to be unduly restricting for some vetertma to be confined to only one room of the house and such liited mobility effected their -ehabilitatiou adversely or the noise of the unit prevented tim disabled veteran from getting ussential reLt. Thus :t appears that even if multiple room units were to be instOled, thiu; would not be an acctptable solution because of the noise o i1dividual units. You adviise that a specltC comittee hao considered these probles and recownded that a policy be adcpted under which central afx- ccuditioudng would be provided when nedically prascribed In a partictlar C4e, if Jsgaly pamissible, Th. lgeal problem arises because the installation of central 'air- *coiltioning In the ratersn°s horne would constitute a permnent Lwrowumt to privately muied property. As you point out, it is a well-estabLtshv4d rtle that appropriations may not be umed for perunnent Iuprovmnats of private property in the absenes of specific legislative authoxity. for SWeh use, See 5 Comp. Dea, 478 (1899); 6 id. 295 (1099); 2 Cowp. Can. 606 .(l23); 19 id. 528 (1939). This ruin AJ bated upon the fact that • '1, • . .e'-) . -,- 1 ~ r 1 ). I I- - .# 1- --a? -sf-'%1tf - A4 iF/- * 4 1r.et . 06 fls.(riM C' C. (7W r&:~$ t~.jL~~6. - 9 * ; * . - S *4y 9 C. A I I- I * .9 9 S

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