Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/21.7137
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38 CFR 21.7137 - Rates of payment of basic educational assistance for individuals with remaining entitlement under 38 U.S.C. chapter 34. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 38 › Chapter I › Part 21 › Subpart K › Section 21.7137 38 CFR 21.7137 - Rates of payment of basic educational assistance for individuals with remaining entitlement under 38 U.S.C. chapter 34.
§ 21.7137
Except as elsewhere provided in this section, basic educational assistance is payable to individuals with remaining entitlement under 38 U.S.C. chapter 34 at the following monthly rates:
Additional for eachadditional
For veterans pursuing apprenticeship or other on-job training, basic educational assistance is payable for training at the following monthly rates:
2nd six months of pursuit of program
3rd six months of pursuit of program
For training that occurs after September 30, 2007 and before January 1, 2008:
The monthly rate of basic educational assistance payable to a veteran who is pursuing a cooperative course is the rate stated in the following tables:
Additionalfor each
Less than one-half-time training.
Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, the monthly rate of basic educational assistance for a veteran who is pursuing a course on a less than one-half-time basis is the lesser of:
The monthly rate in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3032; Pub. L. 98-525, Pub. L. 99-576)
Rates for servicemembers.
Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, the monthly rate of basic educational assistance for a servicemember may not exceed the lesser of:
The monthly rate stated in paragraph (a) of this section; or
Increase (“kicker”) in basic educational assistance rates for service in the Selected Reserve.
The Secretary of the service department concerned may increase the amount of basic educational assistance payable under paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) of this section, as appropriate. The increase (“kicker”) is payable to an individual who has a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel or for which it is difficult to recruit, or, in the case of critical units, retain personnel, if the individual:
Establishes eligibility for educational assistance under § 21.7044(a) or § 21.7080;
Will, for such an increase, set the amount of the increase (“kicker”) payable for full-time training, but the increase (“kicker”) may not exceed $350 per month;
May set the amount of the “kicker” payable, for a veteran pursuing a program of education less than full time or pursuing an apprenticeship or other on-job training, at an amount less than the amount described in paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section.
Concurrent benefits.
VA may pay additional educational assistance to a veteran for a dependent concurrently with additional pension or compensation for the same dependent.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3015(d), Pub. L. 98-525)
Two veteran cases.
VA may pay additional educational assistance to a veteran for a spouse who is also a veteran. This will not bar the payment of additional educational assistance or subsistence allowance under § 21.260 of this part to the spouse for the veteran. If the veteran is paid additional educational assistance for a child, that will not bar payment of additional educational assistance or subsistence allowance under § 21.260 of this part to the spouse for the same child.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3015(d); Pub. L. 98-525)
For Federal Register citations affecting § 21.7137, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.