---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.312"
title: "38"
number: "21.312"
heading: "Reduced work tolerance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.312"
---

# §21.312. Reduced work tolerance.

- (a) **General.** VA will consider that a veteran with reduced work tolerance is pursuing a rehabilitation program full-time when the amount of time the veteran is devoting to his or her program is as great as the effects of his or her disability (service and nonservice-connected) will permit.
- (b) **Pursuit of a program.** A veteran with reduced work tolerance may pursue a rehabilitation program when the following conditions are met:
  - (1) **Reduced work tolerance has been determined.**
  - (2) Achievement of the goals of the program are reasonably feasible;
  - (3) The IWRP (Individualized Written Rehabilitation Plan) or other plan provides for completion of the program under Chapter 31.
- (c) **Redetermination of work tolerance.** As necessary, but not less than once yearly, the veteran's work tolerance will be reevaluated. The rate of pursuit required to meet the standard of full-time pursuit will be modified if there is either an increase or decrease in the work tolerance of the veteran.
- (d) **Payment of allowance.** A veteran with a reduced work tolerance will be paid a subsistence allowance, at the full-time rate for the type of program being pursued, when the veteran meets the standard for full-time pursuit established for him or her in the Plan. A veteran with reduced work tolerance, who elects benefits at the Chapter 34 rate, will have to meet normal attendance requirements for that chapter, however.
- (e) **Determining work tolerance.** A VA physician will make all determinations and redeterminations of work tolerance.

## 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.