---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.156"
title: "38"
number: "21.156"
heading: "Other incidental goods and services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.156"
---

# §21.156. Other incidental goods and services.

- (a) **General.** Other incidental goods and services may be authorized if the case manager determines them to be necessary to implement the veteran's rehabilitation plan. For example, a calculator may be authorized for a veteran pursuing an engineering degree, even though the veteran may not be required to have a calculator for any specific subject in his or her course, where there is substantial evidence that lack of a calculator places the veteran at a distinct disadvantage in successfully pursuing the course.
- (b) **Limitation on cost.** The costs of incidental goods and services normally should not exceed five percent of training costs for any twelve-month period.

## Notes

### 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.