---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.46"
title: "38"
number: "21.46"
heading: "Veteran ordered to active duty; extension of basic period of eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.46"
---

# §21.46. Veteran ordered to active duty; extension of basic period of eligibility.


If VA determines that a veteran is prevented from participating in, or continuing in, a program of vocational rehabilitation as a result of being ordered to active duty under 10 U.S.C. [688](/usc/10/688.md), [12301(a)](/usc/10/12301.md?p=a), [12301(d)](/usc/10/12301.md?p=d), [12301(g)](/usc/10/12301.md?p=g), [12302](/usc/10/12302.md), or [12304](/usc/10/12304.md), the veteran's basic period of eligibility will be extended by the length of time the veteran serves on active duty plus 4 months.


## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 3168, Jan. 20, 2010]

### 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

[75 FR 3168, Jan. 20, 2010]