[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: 38CFR21.62]

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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. 21.62  Duties of the Vocational Rehabilitation Panel.

    (a) Consultation requested. The panel shall provide technical and 
consultative services when requested by professional staff of the 
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&C) Division to:
    (1) Assist staff members in planning and carrying out a 
rehabilitation plan for seriously disabled veterans and their 
dependents; and
    (2) Consider other cases of individuals eligible for, or being 
provided assistance under chapter 31 and other programs of education and 
training administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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

    (b) Independent living services. The Panel has a key responsibility 
to assure that seriously disabled service-connected veterans who need 
independent living services to increase their independence in daily 
living are provided necessary services. In carrying out this 
responsibility the Panel shall review all cases which come before it to 
assure that the proposed program of vocational rehabilitation or 
independent living services includes those services necessary to enable 
the veteran to achieve the goals of the program.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3100)

    (c) Dependents. The specific duties of the Panel with respect to 
dependents are more fully described Secs. 21.3300, 21.3301, 21.3304, 
21.4105, and 21.4276 of this part.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3536, 3540, 3541, 3542, 3543)

[54 FR 37332, Sept. 8, 1989]

                   Duration of Rehabilitation Programs