---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.4278"
title: "38"
number: "21.4278"
heading: "Reentrance after discontinuance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.4278"
---

# §21.4278. Reentrance after discontinuance.

- (a) **Conditions permitting reentrance after discontinuance.** A veteran or eligible person may be reentered following discontinuance because of unsatisfactory conduct, progress or attendance only when either of the following sets of conditions exist:
  - (1) The veteran or eligible person is resuming enrollment at the same educational institution in the same program of education and the educational institution has—
    - (i) Approved the veteran's or eligible person's reenrollment, and
    - (ii) Certified it to the Department of Veterans Affairs; or
  - (2) **All of the following exist—**
    - (i) The cause of unsatisfactory conduct, progress or attendance has been removed,
    - (ii) VA determines that the program which the veteran or eligible person now proposes to pursue is suitable to his or her aptitudes, interests and abilities, and
    - (iii) If a proposed change of program is involved, the change meets the requirements for approval under §§ [21.4234](/cfr/38/21.4234.md), [21.5232](/cfr/38/21.5232.md), [21.7114](/cfr/38/21.7114.md) and [21.7614](/cfr/38/21.7614.md) of this part.
- (b) **Programs which may be reentered after discontinuance.** Reentrance may be for the same program, for a revised program or for an entirely different program depending on the cause of the discontinuance and the removal of that cause.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 67093, Oct. 9, 1980, as amended at 57 FR 29804, July 7, 1992]

### 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

[45 FR 67093, Oct. 9, 1980, as amended at 57 FR 29804, July 7, 1992]