§ 21.196 “Rehabilitated” status.

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Title 38 CFR: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief › Chapter I: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS › Part 21: VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION › Subpart A: Veteran Readiness and Employment › § 21.196: § 21.196 “Rehabilitated” status.

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(a)

Purpose.

The purpose of

rehabilitated

status is to identify those cases in which the goals of a rehabilitation program or a program of employment services have been substantially achieved.

(b)

Assignment to “rehabilitated” status.

A veteran's case shall be assigned to “rehabilitated” status when his or her case meets the criteria for rehabilitation contained in § 21.283.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3102, 3107 and 3117)

(c)

Termination of rehabilitated

status. A veteran's case will not be removed from

rehabilitated

status under § 21.284 once that status has been assigned, unless the determination of rehabilitation is set aside for a reason specified in § 21.284.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3100)

Cross Reference:

See § 21.284 Reentrance into a rehabilitation program.

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 68768, Dec. 29, 1993]

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