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the normal categories of entitlement. Members mayor
may not be entitled to DLA in a number of other
situations.
The following paragraphs explain the
entitlement under some of these special circumstances.
Special Categories Where Dislocation
Allowance Is Authorized
First, let’s look at some of the more common special
categories for which DLA is authorized. You can find
examples of other special cases in the JFTR, Volume 1.
MEMBER’S OLD AND NEW PERMANENT
DUTY STATIONS IN PROXIMITY TO EACH
O T H E R O R M E M B E R R E A S S I G N E D
BETWEEN ACTIVITIES AT THE SAME
PERMANENT DUTY STATION.— A DLA is
payable in cases where the old and new PDSs are in
proximity to each other or when the member is
reassigned between activities at the same PDS.
However, it is payable only when the member is
authorized a local move of household goods at
government expense. For this to be authorized, the
secretary of the service concerned, the secretary’s
designated representative, or a DOD installation
commander in a paygrade not lower than O-5 must
certify that relocation of the member’s household is
mission-essential. The relocation also must be in the
best interest of the government and not primarily for the
convenience of the member. This certification will
authorize a local move to a residence from which the
member will commute daily to the new PDS or the new
activity at the same PDS. Duty stations are considered
to be in proximity to each other when they are both in
an area ordinarily serviced by the same local
transportation system or from which the member could
commute daily from home to either duty station.
PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION
BETWEEN PERMANENT DUTY STATIONS
NOT IN PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.— When
dependents make a proximity move based on PCS
between PDSs not in proximity to each other, a
statement that the relocation of the household was
necessary as a direct result of the PCS is required to
support payment of DLA. When the PCS is to or from
a dependent-restricted tour, the member’s statement is
all that is necessary. In all other cases, a statement from
the CO of the new PDS, or from the CO’s designated
representative, is required.
The designated
representative may not redelegate this authority.
MOVEMENT OF DEPENDENTS TO A
DESIGNATED PLACE.— When dependents are
moved to a designated place on PCS orders, DLA is
payable when the dependents complete travel to the
designated place.
No further entitlement to DLA
accrues for that PCS. If the dependents do not move to
the member’s PDS before the member receives further
PCS orders to a new PDS and the dependents are
authorized to move and do relocate with the latter PCS,
the member is entitled to payment of DLA.
TRANSFER TO A HOSPITAL IN THE
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.— DLA is
payable to members with dependents who are
transferred from outside the continental United States
(CONUS) to a hospital in CONUS for observation and
treatment and who relocate their household incident to
such transfer. For members transferred from inside
CONUS to a hospital inside CONUS for observation
and treatment, the CO of the receiving hospital must
issue a statement of prolonged hospitalization before
DLA is payable for relocation of the household in
conjunction with the transfer.
COMMISSIONED FROM ENLISTED
GRADE.— If otherwise qualified, a member is entitled
to DLA if commissioned from an enlisted grade.
However, the member must have transferred from the
PDS where he or she served as an enlisted member to a
PDS to serve as an officer before acceptance of the
commission.
O R D E R S A M E N D E D , M O D I F I E D ,
CANCELED, OR REVOKED.— At times, PCS
orders may be amended, modified, canceled, or revoked
to direct the member to return to the duty station from
which he or she was transferred. In such cases, DLA is
payable if the member and/or the dependents actually
move from their place of residence before the date the
orders are amended, modified, canceled, or revoked. In
some cases, orders might be amended, modified,
canceled, or revoked after a member and/or the
dependents actually complete a move from their place
of residence to a new location in compliance with PCS
orders. The change to those orders might direct the
member to return to the old station or to direct the
member to a different new PDS. When that happens,
DLA is payable in connection with both moves. No
more than two DLAs can be authorized in this manner.
ACCOMPANIED/UNACCOMPANIED
TOURS.— The tour status of a member at a PDS
outside CONUS can change from accompanied to
unaccompanied or from unaccompanied to
accompanied at the same duty station after completion
of the initial tour of duty. This member is entitled to
DLA if the dependents make an authorized move to or
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