---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.196"
title: "38"
number: "21.196"
heading: "“Rehabilitated” status."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.196"
---

# §21.196. “Rehabilitated” status.

- (a) **Purpose.** The purpose of rehabilitated status is to identify those cases in which the goals of a rehabilitation program or a program of employment services have been substantially achieved.
- (b) **Assignment to “rehabilitated” status.** A veteran's case shall be assigned to “rehabilitated” status when his or her case meets the criteria for rehabilitation contained in [§ 21.283](/cfr/38/21.283.md).
- (c) **Termination of rehabilitated—** status. A veteran's case will not be removed from rehabilitated status under [§ 21.284](/cfr/38/21.284.md) once that status has been assigned, unless the determination of rehabilitation is set aside for a reason specified in [§ 21.284](/cfr/38/21.284.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 68768, Dec. 29, 1993]

### 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; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 68768, Dec. 29, 1993]