---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.270"
title: "38"
number: "21.270"
heading: "Payment of subsistence allowance during leave and other periods."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.270"
---

# §21.270. Payment of subsistence allowance during leave and other periods.

- (a) **Payment during leave.** VA will pay an eligible veteran a subsistence allowance during any period of approved leave including a veteran:
  - (1) Receiving medical or rehabilitation services on an outpatient basis at a VA medical center, and who provides his or her own room and board;
  - (2) Receiving service department retirement or retained pay while not on active duty;
  - (3) **Hospitalized at a VA medical center while on approved leave.** If the veteran becomes eligible for payment of disability compensation at the temporary 100 percent rate, under [§ 3.401(h)](/cfr/38/3.401.md?p=h) of this title due to hospitalization, payment will be made under provisions of [§ 21.266(a)](/cfr/38/21.266.md?p=a).
- (b) **Payment for other periods.** Subsistence allowance will be paid for:
  - (1) Weekend and legal holidays, or customary vacation periods associated with them;
  - (2) Periods in which the school is closed temporarily under emergency conditions described in [§ 21.4138(f)](/cfr/38/21.4138.md?p=f).

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 76 FR 45705, Aug. 1, 2011]

### 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 76 FR 45705, Aug. 1, 2011]