October 29, 1985 M28-2, Part V

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 2. TARGET ENTRY CODES FOR CHAPTER 31

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2.01
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2.02 Case Status Reason
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2.03 Chapter 32/34 Eligibility at Application . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.04 Chapter 35 Eligibility at Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.05 Competency Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

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2.07 Education Level at
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2.08 Entitlement
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2.09 Effective Reason
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2.10 Facility
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2.11 Paragraph
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2.12 Service Organization Code-Power of Attorney
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2.13 Retired Folder Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.14 Condition
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2.19 Training Time
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2.20 Training Type
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CHAPTER 2. TARGET ENTRY CODES FOR CHAPTER 31

2.01 GENERAL

The codes described in this chapter are entered into the Target System
at the regional office level by an authorized operator. Entry of these
codes will be done on the 331, 332, and/or 333 screens using the CADJ or
CDAT command, on the M32, M33, M34, and the M36 screens using the CORR
command, or the 320 screen using the CAST command.

2.02 CASE STATUS REASON CODE

These are two-digit codes used to close a chapter 31 case status, except
for discontinued case status codes which will be entered when the case
status is opened.

Code Description

01 Date Adjudication disallows claim for lack of basic
eligibility/entitlement

02 Date veteran reported for initial appointment

03 Nonpursuit-veteran declines services

04 Ineligible-date S/C severed, reduced to a noncompensable level, or
other

05 Eligible-date IWRP developed or redeveloped

06 Eligible-date IEEP developed or redeveloped

07 Eligible-date IEAP developed or redeveloped

08 Eligible-date IILP developed or redeveloped

09 Eligible-infeasible

10 Ineligible-no employment handicap

11 Ineligible-entitlement expired

12 Ineligible-period of eligibility expired

14 Feasible-extended evaluation completed

15 Infeasible-extended evaluation completed

16 Veteran or VA interrupts or discontinues program

17 Date independence achieved

18 Completed goals/objectives of IWRP

19 Further training not necessary (employable)

20 Obtains employment

22 Employment confirmed

23 Employment confirmed

24 Veteran determined not employable

25 Nonpursuit-suitable alternative

26 Date determined rehabilitation set aside

27 Date entered any other status

28 Veteran does not initiate or continue the rehabilitation process

29 No basis for extending the termination date

30 No basis for extending veteran\'s entitlement

31 Unsatisfactory conduct or cooperation

32 Serious physical or emotional problem

33 Inability to profit from rehabilitation services

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2.03 CHAPTER 32/34 ELIGIBILITY AT APPLICATION

This is a one-position code to indicate the type of education benefit
the veteran is entitled to at the time of application processing for
chapter 31.

Code Description

2· Chapter 32 eligibility at application

· 4 Chapter 34 eligibility at application

· N No eligibility to chapter 32 or chapter 34 at application

U Eligibility to chapter 32 or chapter 34 is unknown or

cannot be determined at ap­plication

2.04 CHAPTER 35 ELIGIBILITY AT APPLICATION

This is a one-position code to indicate chapter 35 eligibility at the
time of application processing for chapter 31.

Code Description

5 Chapter 35 eligibility at application

N No eligibility to chapter 35 at application

U Eligibility to chapter 35 is unknown or cannot be determined at
application

2.05 COMPETENCY CODE

This is a one-position code to identify the veteran\'s competency based
upon a VA rating board determination.

Code Description

blank Competent or not a factor

2· Incompetent

2.06 DOT CODE IWRP/EMPLOYMENT

This code is the first two or three positions of the Dictionary of
Occupational Titles code from the IWRP and for the final employment of
the veteran.

2.07 EDUCATION LEVEL AT APPLICATION

This is a two-digit code to identify the educational level reached by
the veteran at the time of application for chapter 31 benefits.

Code Description

00 No formal education

01-17 Use the code corresponding to the highest number of years
completed

20 Education level is unknown when the application is processed

2.08 ENTITLEMENT CODE

This two-position code identifies the veteran\'s period of service based
on the last discharge date.

Code Description

01 Other period of service

02 WWII service

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Code Description

03 Pre-Korean conflict service (peacetime)

04 Korean conflict service

05 Post-Korean conflict service (peacetime)

06 Vietnam era service

07 Post Vietnam era service

2.09 EFFECTIVE REASON CODE-AWARD

This code is used to identify the reason for the beginning date for the
subsistence award for A type master records. For E type records, this
field may contain the termination reason.

Code Description

00 Original award

16 Failure to furnish requested evidence

20 Claim withdrawn or benefits renounced

21 Whereabouts unknown

22 Death of claimant or person entitled

26 Dependent added or removed

27 Apportionment made/changed

29 Other

30 Election of other VA benefit

31 Change of payee

37 Legislative change

38 Payee error-false or misleading statement

39 Administrative error

58 Computer generated-not for entry

59 Not used (flight)

60 Reentrance award

61 End of term/semester

62 Unsatisfactory progress or conduct

63 Interrupted (other than end of term or unsatisfactory progress)

64 Voluntary withdrawal

65 Entitlement exhausted

66 Delimiting date or termination date

67 Current course completed

68 Program objective completed

69 Not used (flight)

70 Training time changed

73 Computer generated-not for entry

74 Change of course, program or objective

75 Commencement date adjusted

76 Vacation/recess period (NCD only)

77 Rate reduction (OJT/Apprentice)

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Code Description

78 Not used (flight)

79 School approval withdrawn

80 Course approval withdrawn

81 Program not approved

90 Computer generated (for invalid codes)

93 Computer generated-not for entry

2.10 FACILITY CODE

This field shows the classification and the location of the training
institution.

Code Description

First digit Profit status

1 public

2 Private profit

3 Private nonprofit

Second digit Type

1 University, college, professional or technological

2 Hospital

3 Teachers college

4 Junior college

5 Technical-noncollege degree

6 Business-noncollege degree

7 Secondary or elementary-noncollege degree

8 Vocational or trade-noncollege degree

9 Individual instructor-noncollege degree

0 On the job/apprenticeship business establishment noncollege degree

The third to the sixth Name of facility

digit (assigned by the

regional office liaison

function)

Seventh and eighth Location of facility

digit (see par. .12b)

2.11 PARAGRAPH INDICATOR

This code is used to identify veterans receiving compensation under a
paragraph 28, 29, or 30 rating.

Code Description

blank Not receiving compensation under paragraph 28, 29, or 30 or not a
factor

28 Receiving compensation under a paragraph 28 rating

29 Receiving compensation under a paragraph 29 rating

30 Receiving compensation under a paragraph 30 rating

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2.12 SERVICE ORGANIZATION CODE-POWER OF ATTORNEY CODE

Both National and State service organizations are identified by a
two-digit code. State service organization codes are based on the last
two digits of the regional office number. Only one number is used when
there is more than one regional office to a State. States not listed
have no recognized service organization at this time. The entry code for
the Target System is the numerical entry. The legends beside the Target
codes may also be used.

a\. National Organizations

Code Description Target Code

43 Swords to Plowshares (43)

61 American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor (61)

62 Noncommissioned Officers Association of the United

States of America (62)

64 Economic Opportunity Military Justice Clinic (64)

65 American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc. (65)

68 American GI Forum, National Veterans\' Outreach

Program (68)

69 United Vietnam Veterans Organization (69)

70 Vietnam Veterans of America (70)

71 Paralyzed Veterans of America, Inc. (71)

74 American Legion (74) AL

75 American Red Cross (75) ARC

76 American Veterans Committee (76) AVC

77 AMVETS (77) AMVET

78 Army Mutual Aid Association (78)

79 Army and Navy Union, U.S.A. (79)

80 Blinded Veterans Association (80)

81 Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A. (81)

82 Coast Guard League (82)

83 Disabled American Veterans (83) DAV

84 Disabled Officers Association (84)

85 Fleet Reserve Association (85)

86 Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. (86) JWV

87 Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Inc. (87)

88 Marine Corps League (88)

89 Military Order of the Purple Heart (89)

90 Military Order of World Wars (90)

91 National Jewish Welfare Board (91)

92 National Tribune (92)

93 Navy Mutual Aid Association (93)

94 Regular Veterans Association (94)

95 United Indian War Veterans, U.S.A. (95)

96 United Spanish War Veterans (96)

97 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (97) VFW

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Code Description Target Code

98 Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc.

b\. State Organizations

Code State Name

22 Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs

63 Alaska Division of Veterans Affairs

67 American Samoa Office of Veterans Affairs

45 Arizona Veterans Service Commission

50 Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs

44 California Department of Veterans Affairs

39 Colorado Department of Social Services

08 Connecticut Veterans Home and Hospital

72 District of Columbia Office of Veterans Affairs

17 Florida Division of Veterans Affairs

16 Georgia Department of Veterans Service

66 Guam Office of Veterans Affairs

59 Hawaii Department of Social Services

47 Idaho Division of Veterans Affairs

28 Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs

26 Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs

33 Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs

52 Kansas Veterans Commission

27 Kentucky Center for Veterans Affairs

21 Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs

02 Maine Bureau of Veterans Services

13 Maryland Veterans Commission

01 Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services

29 Michigan Veterans Trust Fund

35 Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs

23 Mississippi Veterans Affairs Commission

31 Missouri Division of Veterans Affairs

36 Montana Veterans Affairs Division

34 Nebraska Department of Veterans Affairs

54 Nevada Commission for Veterans Affairs

73 New Hampshire State Veterans Council

09 New Jersey Division of Veterans Services

40 New Mexico Veterans Service Commission

06 New York State Division of Veterans Affairs

18 North Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs

37 North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs

25 Ohio Division of Soldiers Claims and Veterans Affairs

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Code Description Target Code

51 Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs

48 Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs

10 Pennsylvania Bureau of Veterans Affairs and Assistance

55 Puerto Rico Department of Labor, Veterans Office

04 Rhode Island Veterans Affairs

19 South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs

38 South Dakota Division of Veterans Affairs

20 Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs

49 Texas Veterans Affairs Commission

41 Utah Office of Veterans Affairs

05 Vermont Veterans Affairs Office

14 Virginia Division of War Veterans Claims

46 Washington Department of Veterans Affairs

15 West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs

30 Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs

2.13 RETIRED FOLDER INDICATOR

This code is used to identify those R&E folders Retired to an FARC
(Federal Archives and Records Center). The automatically generated year
(yy) will be entered when the folder is retired; i.e., if the R&E folder
is retired in 1980, the date 80 will appear in this field.

Code Description

blank Not retired

yy The last two numbers of the year in which the R&E folder was retired
to an

FARC.

No This entry will be made if the folder was previously retired and
subsequently reactivated by a regional office.

2.14 CONDITION CODE

These codes are the service-connected and nonservice-connected
diagnostic codes from the VA rating. Entry of a four-digit diagnostic
code is required for each condition listed on the rating up to a maximum
of three service-connected and three nonservice-connected conditions. If
the condition is a combination of more than one diagnostic code, entry
of two codes for the same condition can be entered (NNNN/NNNN). ES
(extraschedular), US (underschedular) and PP (permanent partial
evaluation) codes may also be used if necessary.

2.15 SPECIAL CODE

This code is used to identify special types of chapter 31 training.

Code Description

blank Not a factor

00 No longer receiving special training

34 Training under chapter 34 crossover

2.16 TERMINATION REASON CODE-AWARD

This code is used to identify the reason for the ending date for the
subsistence award.

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Code Description

16 Failure to furnish requested evidence

20 Claim withdrawn or benefits renounced

21 Whereabouts unknown

22 Death of claimant or person entitled

27 Apportionment made/changed

29 Other

30 Election of other VA benefits

31 Change of payee

38 Payee error-false or misleading statement

39 Administrative error

58 Computer generated-not for entry

59 Not used (flight)

61 End of term semester

62 Unsatisfactory progress or conduct

63 Interrupted (other than end of term or unsatisfactory progress)

64 Voluntary withdraw

65 Entitlement exhausted

66 Delimiting date or termination date reached

67 Current course completed

68 Program objective completed

69 Not used (flight)

73 Computer generated-not for entry

74 Change of course, program or objective-date adjusted

76 Vacation/recess period (NCD only)

78 Not used (flight)

79 School approval withdrawn

80 Course approval withdrawn

81 Program not approved

90 Computer generated (for invalid codes)

93 Computer generated-not for entry

2.17 TRAINING HOURS CODE

This is a one-position field used to identify the type of class
attendance.

Code Description

D Deficiency course credit hours or clock hours-IHL or NCD

U High school units

Q Quarter hours-IHL

S Semester hours-IHL

C Clock hours-NCD or OJT

P Clock hours-vocational or technical shop practice predominates-NCD

R Clock hours-residence or internship-IHL

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2.18 TRAINING STATUS CODE

This code is used to identify the status of the current or prior
training periods on the 332 screen when an application for chapter 31 is
received.

Code Description

I Currently in training

S Satisfactorily pursued or completed training

U Training was unsatisfactory

2.19 TRAINING TIME CODE

This code indicates the time being devoted to training toward a program
goal for which subsistence is paid. The conversion table to determine
training time is contained in chapter 4.

Code Description

1 Less than 1/2 time

2 1/2 time

3 3/4 time

4 Full time

0 Other

2.20 TRAINING TYPE CODE

This code is used to identify the type of training for veterans
receiving subsistence in the chapter 31 program.

**Code Description**

A Graduate

B Undergraduate

C Nondegree, college level

D Vocational or technical, post high school

E Vocational or technical, other

F High school

G On-the-job

H Farm cooperative

**Code Description**

I Special restorative training

J Flight

K Apprenticeship

L Elementary school

M Special rehabilitation-restorative CH31 (independent living, extended
evaluation and

periods of evaluation not identifiable as another type of training)

O Special rehabilitation-vocational CH31 (homebound, independent
instructor and institutional

training not identifiable as another type of training)

P Federal unpaid OJT-CH31

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