[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 38CFR17.31]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17_MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  17.31  Duty periods defined.

    Definitions of duty periods applicable to eligibility for medical 
benefits are as follows:
    (a)-(c) [Reserved]
    (d) Inactive duty training. The term inactive duty training means: 
(1) Duty (other than full-time duty) prescribed for Reserves (including 
commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service) 
by the Secretary concerned under section 206, title 37 U.S.C., or any 
other provision of law;
    (2) Special additional duties authorized for Reserves (including 
commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service) 
by an authority designated by the Secretary concerned and performed by 
them on a voluntary basis in connection with the prescribed training or 
maintenance activities of the units to which they are assigned.
    (3) Duty (other than full-time duty) for members of the National 
Guard or Air National Guard of any State under the provisions of law 
stated in paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
    (4) Inactive duty for training does not include work or study 
performed in connection with correspondence courses, or attendance at an 
educational institution in an inactive status, or duty performed as a 
temporary member of the Coast Guard Reserve.

[34 FR 9339, June 13, 1969, as amended at 45 FR 6934, Jan. 31, 1980; 45 
FR 43169, June 26, 1980; 48 FR 56580, Dec. 22, 1983; 61 FR 21965, May 
13, 1996]

    Editorial Note: At 61 FR 21965, May 13, 1996, Sec.  17.31 was 
amended by removing (a), (b) introductory text, (b)(1) through (b)(4), 
(b)(6), (b)(7) and (c). Text remaining in effect is set forth above.


[Page 628]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17_MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  17.31  Duty periods defined.

    Full-time duty as a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 
Women's Reserve of the Navy and Marine Corps and Women's Reserve of the 
Coast Guard.

[34 FR 9339, June 13, 1969, as amended at 61 FR 21965, May 13, 1996]

    Editorial Note: At 61 FR 21965, May 13, 1996, Sec.  17.31(b)(5) was 
redesignated as Sec.  17.31.

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