Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
                                                         
 
                             June 19, 1998
                                                        
 
 
                            GSBCA 14535-RELO
 
 
                    In the Matter of RIZAL F. GOLLA
 
 
        Rizal F. Golla, Highland, CA, Claimant.
 
        Mark  J. Slowiaczek, Office of General Counsel, Civilian Law
   Division,  Defense  Finance and  Accounting Service,  Denver, CO,
   appearing for Department of Defense.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
        Claimant, Rizal  F. Golla,  is  a civilian  employee of  the
   Department of Defense.   As the  result of a permanent  change of
   station  (PCS) move,  he  sought  reimbursement  of  real  estate
   expenses incurred in the purchase of a new residence.  The agency
   denied  reimbursement of the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA)
   funding fee  associated with  the purchase of  the residence,  as
   well as  all other amounts  claimed.  He has  requested that this
   Board review  the agency's determination  with respect to  the VA
   funding fee.1
 
        In his request for review, claimant states:
 
        [The agency did not consider] the VA funding fee .  . .
        reimbursable  per   Joint  Travel   Regulations  (JTR),
        C14002-a.4.b.(7). The pamphlet  for permanent change of
        station (PCS), DFAS-CO  1404.1-PH, page 22  contradicts
        the  JTR.   In  this  pamphlet,  VA  fee for  the  loan
        application is an allowable reimbursable expense[ ] . .
        . .
 
        The  pamphlet  to  which  claimant  refers  does  state,  as
   claimant alleges,  that a  "VA fee for  the loan  application" is
   "typically reimbursable."   Apparently, claimant confuses  the VA
   funding  fee  with  the  loan  application fee.    While  a  loan
   application fee  for a  VA loan is  reimbursable pursuant  to JTR
                       
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        1   Claimant  has not  requested  a review  of the  agency's
   determination to deny reimbursement of other amounts claimed.
 
                                                                   2
 
   C14002-A.4.a.(1), the  VA funding fee  is not a  loan application
   fee, and is specifically listed  as a nonreimbursable item in JTR
   C14002-A.4.b.(7). This section  of the JTR references  a decision
   of the Comptroller General, 64  Comp. Gen. 674 (1985), which sets
   forth  in detail the  reason for the  nonreimbursablility of this
   funding fee.  The agency properly denied reimbursement  of the VA
   funding fee.
 
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                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge