Section 21.6140 - Evaluation and improvement of rehabilitation potential(a)General. The services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be used to:(1) Evaluate rehabilitation potential;(2) Provide a basis for planning:(i) A program of services and assistance to improve the veteran's potential for vocational rehabilitation; or(ii) A vocational training program; and(3) Reevaluate the vocational training potential of a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(a) )
(b)Periods during which evaluation and improvement services may be provided. Services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be provided during: (1) An evaluation or reevaluation;(2) Rehabilitation to the point of employability;(3) Employment services. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2) )
(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 . (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2) )
(d)Scope of services. Evaluation and improvement services include: (2) Personal and work adjustment training;(3) Medical care and treatment;(4) 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. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2) )
(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.(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2) )