[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: 38CFR21.57]

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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. 21.57  Extended evaluation.

    (a) Purpose. The purpose of an extended evaluation for a veteran 
with a serious employment handicap is to determine the current 
feasibility of the veteran achieving a vocational goal, when this 
decision reasonably cannot be made on the basis of information developed 
during the initial evaluation.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3106(c), Pub. L. 99-576)

    (b) Scope of services. During the extended evaluation, a veteran may 
be provided:
    (1) Diagnostic and evaluative services;
    (2) Services to improve his or her ability to attain a vocational 
goal;
    (3) Services to improve his or her ability to live and function 
independently in the community;
    (4) An allowance as provided in Sec. 21.260.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104)

    (c) Determination. (1) The determination of the reasonable 
feasibility of a veteran achieving a vocational goal will be made at the 
earliest time possible during an extended evaluation, but not later than 
the end of the period of evaluation, or an extension of that period. Any 
reasonable doubt as to feasibility will be resolved in the veteran's 
favor;


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3106(d))

    (2) When it is reasonably feasible for the veteran to achieve a 
vocational goal, an individualized written rehabilitation plan (IWRP) 
will be developed as indicated in Sec. 21.84 of this part.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3106(b))

    (d) Responsibility for determining the need for a period of extended 
evaluation. A counseling psychologist in the Vocational Rehabilitation 
and Employment Division shall determine whether a period of extended 
evaluation is needed.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3106(c))

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 53 FR 50956, Dec. 19, 1988; 
54 FR 37332, Sept. 8, 1989; 62 FR 17707, Apr. 11, 1997]