---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.188"
title: "38"
number: "21.188"
heading: "“Extended evaluation” status."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.188"
---

# §21.188. “Extended evaluation” status.

- (a) **Purpose.** The purposes of extended evaluation status are to:
  - (1) Identify a veteran for whom a period of extended evaluation is needed; and
  - (2) **Assure that necessary services are provided by VA during the extended evaluation.**
- (b) **Assignment to extended evaluation—** status. A veteran's case may be assigned or reassigned to extended evaluation status under provisions of [§ 21.57](/cfr/38/21.57.md), [§ 21.74](/cfr/38/21.74.md), [§ 21.86](/cfr/38/21.86.md), [§ 21.94](/cfr/38/21.94.md), or [§ 21.96](/cfr/38/21.96.md).
- (c) **Continuation in extended evaluation—** status. A veteran's case will be in extended evaluation status during periods in which:
  - (1) The veteran is pending induction into the facility at which rehabilitation services will be provided;
  - (2) The veteran is receiving rehabilitation services prescribed in the IEEP ([§ 21.86](/cfr/38/21.86.md)); or
  - (3) **The veteran is on authorized leave of absence during an extended evaluation.**
- (d) **Termination of extended evaluation status.** A veteran in extended evaluation status will remain in that status until one of the following events occur:
  - (1) Following notification of necessary arrangements to begin an extended evaluation, the date the extended evaluation begins, and instructions as to the next steps to be taken, the veteran:
    - (i) Fails to report and does not respond to followup contact by the case manager;
    - (ii) Declines or refuses to enter the program; or
    - (iii) Defers induction for a period exceeding 30 days beyond the scheduled date of induction, except where the deferment is due to illness or other sufficient reason;
  - (2) VA determines the reasonable feasibility of a vocational goal for the veteran before completion of all of the planned evaluation because the decision does not require the further evaluation;
  - (3) The veteran completes the extended evaluation;
  - (4) Either the veteran or VA interrupts the extended evaluation;
  - (5) Either the veteran or VA discontinues the extended evaluation; or
  - (6) Service-connection for the veteran's service-connected disability is severed by VA or his or her continued eligibility otherwise ceases.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 84 FR 193, Jan. 18, 2019]

### 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 84 FR 193, Jan. 18, 2019]