# 2023-114 Medical and Dental Care, Duty Status, Place of Duty, Travel Expenses

Case summary

F&R Date: 2024-07-09

The grievor requested reimbursement of travel expenses for medical appointments while on the Return to Duty (RTD) program based on the fact that her workplace was her home residence. According to her, Compensation and Benefits Instructions 1.26 and 209.38(1) stipulate that the place of work is the place to which the employee must report daily, which in her case was her residence. The grievor indicated that the triangulation principle used to deny her claims did not apply to her situation. 

The initial authority did not provide a response within the timeframe set out in subsection 7.15 (2) of the Queen's Regulations and Orders. The grievor requested that her grievance be submitted to the final authority (FA).

The Committee found that the grievor's place of residence corresponded to her place of work, i.e. the place where she had to carry out her professional obligations under the RTD program. The Committee noted that, according to the Return to Work Guide for Canadian Armed Forces members, the grievor is entitled to reimbursement of transportation costs for medical appointments or treatment sessions from the work location specified in her RTD program, which in her case is her home. 

The Committee recommended that the FA order the reimbursement of all travel expenses related to her medical appointments during her RTD program.