---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.210"
title: "38"
number: "21.210"
heading: "Supplies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.210"
---

# §21.210. Supplies.

- (a) **Purpose of furnishing supplies.** Supplies are furnished to enable a veteran to pursue rehabilitation and achieve the goals of his or her program.
- (b) **Definition.** The term supplies includes books, tools, and other supplies and equipment which VA determines are necessary for the veteran's rehabilitation program.
- (c) **Periods during which supplies may be furnished.** Supplies may be furnished during:
  - (1) Extended evaluation;
  - (2) Rehabilitation to the point of employability;
  - (3) Employment services; and
  - (4) **An independent living services program.**
- (d) **Supplies precluded.** Notwithstanding the provisions of [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, supplies may not be furnished to a veteran who has elected, or is in receipt of, payment at the educational assistance rate paid under Chapter 34.

## 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.