The attendant care provisions cannot be used to fund the costs of an attendant carer travelling with a veteran. This is because travel and accommodation costs do not fit the definition of attendant care services in section 213 of the MRCA [2] and section 4 of the DRCA [3].
Case law in Wilby v Comcare informs the policy outlined in section 6.10. This enables payment of the travel and accommodation costs of professionally qualified attendant carers accompanying a veteran, in need of 24 hour care, to attend approved psychosocial rehabilitation activities. Payment is authorised via a rehabilitation plan.
The policy regarding travel costs for people accompanying a veteran (an attendant in the literal sense) to approved treatment can be found in Section 9.1.2.8 of the MRCA Manual [4] and chapter 90 of the DRCA General Handbook [5].
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=comment/reply/21290%23comment-form
[2] https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A01285/latest/text
[3] https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1988A00156/latest/text
[4] http://auth-clik.dvastaff.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/policy-manual/ch-9-other-benefits-under-military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-2004/91-compensation-travel-and-accommodation-costs-reasonably-required-or-incurred-under-military-rehabilitati-1
[5] http://auth-clik.dvastaff.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/general-handbook/ch-90-compensation-travel-and-accommodation-costs-under-safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-srca