[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR17.91]

[Page 671]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 17_MEDICAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  17.91  Protection of health-care eligibility.

    Any veteran whose entitlement to VA pension is terminated by reason 
of income from work or training shall, subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) 
of this section, retain for 3 years after the termination, the 
eligibility for hospital care, nursing home care and medical services 
(not including dental) which the veteran otherwise would have had if the 
pension had not been terminated as a result of the veteran's receipt of 
earnings from activity performed for remuneration or gain by the veteran 
but only if the veteran's annual income from sources other than such 
earnings would, taken alone, not result in the termination of the 
veteran's pension.
    (a) A veteran who participates in a vocational training program 
under 38 U.S.C. chapter 15 is eligible for the one-time 3 year retention 
of hospital care, nursing home care and medical services benefits at any 
time that the veteran's pension is terminated by reason of income from 
the veteran's employment.
    (b) A veteran who does not participate in a vocational training 
program under 38 U.S.C. chapter 15 is eligible for the one-time 3 year 
retention of hospital care and medical services benefits only if the 
veteran's pension is terminated by reason of income from the veteran's 
employment during the period February 1, 1985 through January 31, 1989.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524, 1525, 1516)

[51 FR 19330, May 29, 1986. Redesignated at 61 FR 21965, May 13, 1996]

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