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Code of Federal Regulations Title 38. Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief § 38.21.6140 Evaluation and improvement of rehabilitation potential

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General. The services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be used to:

(1) Evaluate rehabilitation potential;

(2) Provide a basis for planning:

(i) A program of services and assistance to improve the veteran's potential for vocational rehabilitation;  or

(ii) A vocational training program;  and

(3) Reevaluate the vocational training potential of a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program.

(Authority:  38 U.S.C. 1524(a))

(b) Periods during which evaluation and improvement services may be provided. Services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be provided during:

(1) An evaluation or reevaluation;

(2) Rehabilitation to the point of employability;

(3) Employment services.

(Authority:  38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))

(c) Duration of services. The duration of services needed to improve rehabilitation potential, furnished on a full-time basis either as a preliminary part of the period of rehabilitation to the point of employability or as the total program, may not exceed 9 months. If these services are furnished on a less than full-time basis the duration will be for the period necessary, but may not exceed the equivalent of 9 months of full-time training. See § 21.6310.

(Authority:  38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))

(d) Scope of services. Evaluation and improvement services include:

(1) Diagnostic services;

(2) Personal and work adjustment training;

(3) Medical care and treatment;

(4) Independent living services indispensable to pursuing a vocational training program;

(5) Language training, speech and voice correction, training in ambulation, and one-hand typewriting;

(6) Orientation, adjustment, mobility and related services;  and

(7) Other appropriate services.

(Authority:  38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))

(e) Applicability of chapter 31 rules. the provisions of § 21.140 of this part are not applicable to this temporary program. The provisions of § 21.142 through § 21.156 of this part are applicable, subject to provisions of this section.

(Authority:  38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))

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