§ 21.6140. Evaluation and improvement of rehabilitation potential.
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(a)General. The services described in paragraph
(d)of this section may be used to:
(1)Evaluate rehabilitation potential;
(2)Provide a basis for planning:
(i)A program of services and assistance to improve the veteran's potential for vocational rehabilitation; or
(ii)A vocational training program; and
(3)Reevaluate the vocational training potential of a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(a))
(b)Periods during which evaluation and improvement services may be provided. Services described in paragraph
(d)of this section may be provided during:
(1)An evaluation or reevaluation;
(2)Rehabilitation to the point of employability;
(3)Employment services. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))
(c)Duration of services. The duration of services needed to improve rehabilitation potential, furnished on a full-time basis either as a preliminary part of the period of rehabilitation to the point of employability or as the total program, may not exceed 9 months. If these services are furnished on a less than full-time basis the duration will be for the period necessary, but may not exceed the equivalent of 9 months of full-time training. See § 21.6310. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))
(d)Scope of services. Evaluation and improvement services include:
(1)Diagnostic services;
(2)Personal and work adjustment training;
(3)Medical care and treatment;
(4)Independent living services indispensable to pursuing a vocational training program;
(5)Language training, speech and voice correction, training in ambulation, and one-hand typewriting;
(6)Orientation, adjustment, mobility and related services; and
(7)Other appropriate services. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))
(e)Applicability of chapter 31 rules. the provisions of § 21.140 of this part are not applicable to this temporary program. The provisions of § 21.142 through § 21.156 of this part are applicable, subject to provisions of this section. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))
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§ 21.6140
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