---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.130"
title: "38"
number: "21.130"
heading: "Educational and vocational courses outside the United States."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.130"
---

# §21.130. Educational and vocational courses outside the United States.

- (a) **General.** VA may provide educational and vocational courses outside a State if the case manager determines that such training is in the best interest of the veteran and the Federal Government.
- (b) **Specific conditions.**
  - (1) The training must be necessary to enable the veteran to qualify for, obtain, and retain suitable employment in the occupational objective; and
  - (2) **Either—**
    - (i) The training is not available in the United States; or
    - (ii) The training is available in the United States, but personal hardship would result from requiring that the veteran pursue training in this country; and
  - (3) All necessary supportive and follow-up services, including medical care and treatment and employment services, reasonably can be provided by or through VA, considering such factors as the availability, accessibility and cost of such services.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 55 FR 27822, July 6, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 18, 31, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 55 FR 27822, July 6, 1990]