Employment assistance

A veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 10 percent or more who has participated in a vocational rehabilitation program under this chapter or a similar program under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) and who the Secretary has determined to be employable shall be furnished assistance in obtaining employment consistent with such veteran’s abilities, aptitudes, interests, and employment handicap, including assistance necessary to insure that such veteran receives the benefit of any applicable provisions of law or regulation providing for special consideration or emphasis or preference for such veteran in employment or training.

(Added Pub. L. 96–466, title I, § 101(a) , Oct. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2183 , § 1517; amended Pub. L. 97–72, title III, § 303(k) , Nov. 3, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1060 ; Pub. L. 100–689, title II, § 202(a) , Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4175 ; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A) , Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2092 ; Pub. L. 102–54, § 14(c)(4) , June 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 285 ; renumbered § 3117 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 104–275, title I, § 101(h) , Oct. 9, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3325 ; Pub. L. 107–288, § 4(e)(2) , Nov. 7, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2044 ; Pub. L. 109–233, title V, § 503(6) , June 15, 2006 , 120 Stat. 416 ; Pub. L. 117–333, § 14(c) , Jan. 5, 2023 , 136 Stat. 6135 .)