---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.332"
title: "38"
number: "21.332"
heading: "Payments of subsistence allowance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.332"
---

# §21.332. Payments of subsistence allowance.

- (a) **Eligibility.** At the end of the month, VA shall pay to an eligible veteran enrolled in a rehabilitation program, subsistence allowance at the rates specified in [§ 21.260](/cfr/38/21.260.md) for the type of program pursued during the month, unless advance payment is approved. VA will continue payments during those intervals described in [§ 21.270](/cfr/38/21.270.md).
- (b) **Advance payment criteria.** VA will make an advance payment of subsistence allowance only when:
  - (1) The veteran specifically requests an advance payment; and
  - (2) The educational institution at which the veteran is accepted or enrolled has agreed to, and can carry out, satisfactorily, the provisions of [38 U.S.C. 3680(d)](/usc/38/3680.md?p=d) (4) and (5) pertaining to:
    - (i) Receipt, delivery or return of advance checks; and
    - (ii) **Certifications of delivery and enrollment.**
- (c) **Advance payment.**
  - (1) **The amount of advance payment is not to exceed—**
    - (i) The veteran's subsistence allowance for the month or part of a month in which his or her course will begin; plus
    - (ii) **The veteran's subsistence allowance for the following month.**
  - (2) Upon application and completion of arrangements for enrollment of a veteran who meets the criteria for an advance payment, VA shall mail a check payable to the veteran to the institution for delivery to the veteran upon registration.
  - (3) An institution shall not deliver an advance payment check to a veteran more than 30 days in advance of commencement of his or her program.
- (d) **Certification for advance payment.** VA will authorize advance payment upon receipt of the institution's certification of the following information:
  - (1) The veteran is eligible for benefits;
  - (2) The institution has accepted the veteran or he or she is eligible to continue his or her training;
  - (3) The veteran has notified the institution of his or her intention to attend or to reenroll;
  - (4) The number of semester or clock hours the veteran will pursue; and
  - (5) **The beginning and ending dates of the enrollment period.**
- (e) **Time of advance payment.** VA will authorize advance payment only:
  - (1) At the beginning of an ordinary school year; or
  - (2) At the beginning of any other enrollment period which begins after a break in enrollment of one full calendar month or longer.
- (f) **Other payments.**
  - (1) VA will make all payments other than advance payments at the end of the month for the veteran's training during that month.
  - (2) VA may withhold final payment until:
    - (i) VA receives certification that the veteran has completed his or her course; and
    - (ii) **VA makes all necessary adjustments in the veteran's award resulting from that certification.**
- (g) **Payments for courses which are repeated.** VA may pay subsistence allowance to a veteran who repeats a course under conditions described in [§ 21.132](/cfr/38/21.132.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985]

### 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]