[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR21.22]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 21--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Vocational Rehabilitation Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31
 
Sec. 21.22  Nonduplication--Federal programs.

    (a) Allowances. A service-disabled veteran who is eligible for 
benefits under Chapter 31, may not receive a subsistence allowance or 
elect payment of an allowance at the educational assistance rate under 
Chapter 30 pursuant to Sec. 21.264 if the veteran:
    (1) Is on active duty and is pursuing a course of education which is 
being paid for by the Armed Forces (or by the Department of Health and 
Human Services in the case of the Public Health Service), or
    (2) Is attending a course of education or training paid for under 
Chapter 41, Title 5 U.S.C. and whose full salary is being paid to such 
veteran while so training.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3681; Pub. L. 98-525)

    (b) Services which may be authorized. A service-disabled veteran who 
is in one

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of the two categories defined in paragraph (a) of this section is 
entitled to receive all benefits, other than an allowance, to which he 
or she is otherwise entitled under Chapter 31, including:
    (1) Payment of any tuition and fees not paid for by the Armed 
Forces.
    (2) The cost of special services, such as reader services, tutorial 
assistance, and special equipment during the period of such training.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3681)

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 54 FR 4283, Jan. 30, 1989; 57 
FR 57108, Dec. 3, 1992]

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