[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR14.603]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 14_LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 14.603  Disposition of claims.

    Setoff for cost of unauthorized medical treatment. In any tort claim 
administratively settled or compromised where the claimant owes the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for unauthorized medical treatment, there 
will be included in the tort claim award the amount of the claimant's 
indebtedness to the Government. The amount of the indebtedness is for 
credit to the appropriation account from which the services were 
provided. The voucher prepared for settlement of the claim will specify 
the amount to be deposited to the credit of the designated account and 
that the balance of the award be paid to the claimant.

[42 FR 41416, Aug. 17, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 2722, Jan. 19, 1978. 
Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 27784, June 3, 1996]