38 CFR §21.6140

1. (a)General. The services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be used to:
   1. (1)Evaluate rehabilitation potential;
   2. (2)Provide a basis for planning:
      1. (i)A program of services and assistance to improve the veteran's potential for vocational rehabilitation; or
      2. (ii)A vocational training program; and
   3. (3)Reevaluate the vocational training potential of a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program.
2. (b)Periods during which evaluation and improvement services may be provided. Services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be provided during:
   1. (1)An evaluation or reevaluation;
   2. (2)Rehabilitation to the point of employability;
   3. (3)Employment services.
3. (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.
4. (d)Scope of services. Evaluation and improvement services include:
   1. (1)Diagnostic services;
   2. (2)Personal and work adjustment training;
   3. (3)Medical care and treatment;
   4. (4)Independent living services indispensable to pursuing a vocational training program;
   5. (5)Language training, speech and voice correction, training in ambulation, and one-hand typewriting;
   6. (6)Orientation, adjustment, mobility and related services; and
   7. (7)Other appropriate services.
5. (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.