38 CFR §21.8140
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- (a)General. A CP or VRC may use the services that paragraph (d) of this section describes to:
- (1)Evaluate vocational training and employment potential;
- (2)Provide a basis for planning:
- (3)Reevaluate the vocational training feasibility of an eligible child participating in a vocational training program; and
- (4)Remediate deficiencies in the child's basic capabilities, skills, or knowledge to give the child the ability to participate in vocational training or employment.
- (b)Periods when evaluation and improvement services may be provided. A CP or VRC may authorize the services described in paragraph (d) of this section, except those in paragraph (d)(4) of this section, for delivery during:
- (c)Duration of services. The duration of services needed to improve vocational training and employment potential, furnished on a full-time basis either as a preliminary part or all of a vocational training program, may not exceed 9 months. If VA furnishes these services 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.
- (d)Scope of services. Evaluation and improvement services include:
- (1)Diagnostic services;
- (2)Personal and work adjustment training;
- (3)Referral for medical care and treatment pursuant to §§ 17.900 through 17.905 of this title for the spina bifida, covered birth defects, or related conditions;
- (4)Vocationally oriented 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 to assist the child in functioning in the proposed training or work environment.
- (e)Applicability of chapter 31 rules on special rehabilitation services. The provisions of § 21.140 do not apply to this subpart. Subject to the provisions of this subpart, the following provisions apply to the vocational training program under this subpart in a manner comparable to that for veterans under the 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 program: § 21.142(a) and (b); § 21.144; § 21.146; § 21.148(a) and (c); § 21.150 other than paragraph (b); § 21.152 other than paragraph (b); § 21.154 other than paragraph (b); and § 21.156.