[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR307.101]

[Page 145]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 307_VETERANS READJUSTMENT APPOINTMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 307.101  Definitions.




Sec.
307.101 Definitions.
307.102 Coverage and general responsibilities.
307.103 Appointing authority.
307.104 Appeal rights.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 11521, 3 CFR, 1970 Comp., p. 
912; 38 U.S.C. 4214.

    Source: 58 FR 12145, Mar. 3, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

    Effective Date Note: At 70 FR 72066, Dec. 1, 2005, part 307 was 
revised, effective Jan. 3, 2005. For the convenience of the user, the 
revised text follows the current text.


    In this part,
    (a) The term veteran has the meaning given in section 4211 (2)(A), 
(3) and (4) of title 38, United States Code, as follows:
    (1) Veteran of the Vietnam era means an eligible veteran any part of 
whose active military, naval, or air service was during the Vietnam era.
    (2) Disabled veteran means:
    (i) A veteran who is entitled to compensation (or who, but for the 
receipt of military retired pay, would be entitled to compensation) 
under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs; or
    (ii) A person who was discharged or released from active duty 
because of a service-connected disability.
    (3) Eligible veteran means a person who:
    (i) Served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days and was 
discharged or released therefrom with other than a dishonorable 
discharge; or
    (ii) Was discharged or released from active duty because of a 
service-connected disability; or
    (iii) As a member of a reserve component under an order to active 
duty pursuant to section 672(a), (d), or (g), 673, or 673b of title 10 
of the United States Code, served on active duty during a period of war 
or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized 
and was discharged or released from such duty with other than a 
dishonorable discharge.
    (b) Post-Vietnam-era veteran means an eligible veteran who first 
became a member of the Armed Forces or first entered on active duty as a 
member of the Armed Forces after May 7, 1975.
    (c) Vietnam era means the period beginning August 5, 1964 and ending 
May 7, 1975.
    (d) Veterans readjustment appointment (VRA) is an excepted 
appointment made after April 8, 1970, under this part, to a position 
otherwise in the competitive service of eligible veterans of the Vietnam 
era and the post-Vietnam era.