---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.4020"
title: "38"
number: "21.4020"
heading: "Two or more programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.4020"
---

# §21.4020. Two or more programs.

- (a) **Limit on training under two or more programs.** The aggregate period for which any person may receive assistance under two or more of the following laws may not exceed 48 months (or the part-time equivalent):
  - (1) **Part VII or VIII, Veterans Regulations numbered 1(a), as amended—**
  - (2) Title II of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952;
  - (3) The War Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956;
  - (4) 38 U.S.C. chapters 30, 32, 33, 34, and 36;
  - (5) 10 U.S.C. chapters 107, 1606, 1607, and 1611;
  - (6) [Section 903](/cfr/38/903.md) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981,
  - (7) The Hostage Relief Act of 1980, and
  - (8) **The Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986.**
- (b) **Limit on combining assistance received under Chapter 31 with assistance under another program.** No person may receive assistance under Chapter 31, [Title 38](/cfr/38.md) U.S.C. in combination with any provisions of law listed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section in excess of 48 months (or the part-time equivalent) unless the Department of Veterans Affairs determines that additional months of benefits under Chapter 31 are necessary to accomplish the purpose of the veteran's rehabilitation program.
- (c) **Limit of Aggregate Assistance.** The aggregate period for which any person may receive assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 in combination with any of the provisions of law referred to in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may not exceed 81 months (or the part-time equivalent thereof).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 37976, Aug. 22, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 16316, May 2, 1986; 57 FR 29800, July 7, 1992; 61 FR 20728, May 8, 1996; 74 FR 14666, Mar. 31, 2009; 90 FR 35966, July 31, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2141 note, ch. 1606; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 6774, May 6, 1966, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 37976, Aug. 22, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 16316, May 2, 1986; 57 FR 29800, July 7, 1992; 61 FR 20728, May 8, 1996; 74 FR 14666, Mar. 31, 2009; 90 FR 35966, July 31, 2025]