# 38 CFR § 21.3042: Service with Armed Forces

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-38-21.3042

## Section

- **Citation:** 38 CFR § 21.3042
- **Heading:** Service with Armed Forces
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief > CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS > PART 21—VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION > Subpart C—Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 > Eligibility and Entitlement

## Text

(a) No educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 may be provided an otherwise eligible person during any period he or she is on duty with the Armed Forces. See § 21.3021 (e) and (f). This does not apply to brief periods of active duty for training. See § 21.3135(f).
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3501(d))
(b) If the eligible person served with the Armed Forces, his or her discharge or release from each period of service must have been under conditions other than dishonorable.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3501(d))
[30 FR 15633, Dec. 18, 1965, as amended at 34 FR 842, Jan. 18, 1969; 36 FR 2508, Feb. 5, 1971; 41 FR 42929, Nov. 1, 1976; 61 FR 26109, May 24, 1996; 73 FR 30491, May 28, 2008]

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