[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: 38CFR21.82]

[Page 140]
 
            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. 21.82  Completing the plan under Chapter 31.

    (a) Serious employment handicap. Each plan for a veteran with a 
serious employment handicap shall provide for completion of the program 
provided by the plan under Chapter 31. The provisions of Sec. 21.70 and 
Sec. 21.78(c) are designed to enable a veteran with a serious employment 
handicap to pursue and complete a rehabilitation plan under Department 
of Veterans Affairs auspices. These provisions shall be used as 
necessary to accomplish the goals of the plan.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3105(c), 3107)

    (b) Employment handicap. A plan for a veteran with an employment 
handicap that is not a serious employment handicap shall require that 
the program be completed within 48 months, if the veteran is not 
eligible for an extension as provided in Sec. 21.78. When the program 
provided by the plan cannot be completed under Chapter 31 because of 
limitations imposed by the veteran's termination date or months of 
remaining entitlement, realistic, comprehensive and detailed 
arrangements must be made which will enable the veteran to successfully 
complete training under other auspices. If an arrangement cannot be made 
which meets these requirements, the long-range vocational goal of the 
veteran must be reevaluated, and another vocational goal selected which 
can be completed using the veteran's remaining Chapter 31 resources.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3107(a))

    (c) Employment assistance when training is not completed under 
Chapter 31. A plan for employment assistance may be implemented even 
though the veteran's training has not been or will not be completed 
under Chapter 31.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3117(a))