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Automobiles and Adaptive Equipment for Certain Disabled Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

64.100

Program objective

Provide financial assistance to certain disabled servicepersons and Veterans toward the purchase price of an automobile or other conveyance and an additional amount for adaptive equipment deemed necessary to insure the eligible person will be able to operate or make use of the automobile or other conveyance. Provide adaptive equipment only for certain other disabled Veterans.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2007

    In fiscal year 2007, 1,371 vehicles were purchased; estimate for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is 1,371 vehicles each year.

  2. 2019

    Auto Grants: In FY 19, 1,969 grants were awarded. (FY 20 est.: 1,969 grants; FY 21 est.: 1,969 grants.) Adaptive Equipment: In FY 19, 7,039 grants were awarded. (FY 20 est.: 7,039 grants; FY 21 est.: 7,039 grants.)

  3. 2023

    In FY 2023, VA paid automobiles benefits to 1,097 Veterans with an average payment of $23,299, and VA paid adaptive equipment benefits to 3,219 Veterans with an average payment of $29,279.

  4. 2024

    In FY 2024, VA provided 4,776 Veterans automobiles and adaptive equipment grants, a total of $143,090,000 in benefit payments.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

38 CFR 3.808. "Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents," VA Pamphlet 80-0-01, $5.00, available from Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. The stock number is 051-000-00233-4.

  1. 38 U.S.C. 39. AUTOMOBILES AND ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
  2. 38 U.S.C. § 3.808.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents

Additional resources