---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5058"
title: "38"
number: "21.5058"
heading: "Resumption of participation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5058"
---

# §21.5058. Resumption of participation.

- (a) **General.** An eligible individual, who remains otherwise eligible, may resume active contribution to the fund, if he or she has:
  - (1) Voluntarily elected to suspend following completion of minimum participation;
  - (2) Suspended at any time for reasons of hardship; or
  - (3) **Received a discharge or release from active duty after participation and reenlisted.**
- (b) **Disenrollment in order to participate in other educational programs.** A person who elects to disenroll in order to receive educational assistance allowance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 34 or to receive an officer adjustment benefit payable under [sec. 207](/cfr/38/207.md), Pub. L. 101-366, 104 Stat. 442, may not reenroll if he or she has negotiated a check under the provisions of law governing the program elected in lieu of the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program. A person who elects to disenroll in order to receive educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty, as provided in [§ 21.7045](/cfr/38/21.7045.md), may not reenroll.
- (c) **Reenrollment permitted following some disenrollments.**
  - (1) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, a person who has disenrolled may reenroll, but will have to qualify again for minimum participation as described in [§ 21.5052(a)](/cfr/38/21.5052.md?p=a).
  - (2) If a person does reenroll, he or she may “repurchase” entitlement by tendering previously refunded contributions which he or she received upon disenrollment, subject to the conditions of [§ 21.5052(f)](/cfr/38/21.5052.md?p=f).

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 31, Jan. 2, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 29474, June 2, 1981; 47 FR 51745, Nov. 17, 1982; 51 FR 12853, Apr. 16, 1986; 58 FR 38058, July 15, 1993; 58 FR 40468, July 28, 1993; 61 FR 7217, 7218, Feb. 27, 1996; 61 FR 29029, June 7, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 32, 36, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 31, Jan. 2, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 31, Jan. 2, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 29474, June 2, 1981; 47 FR 51745, Nov. 17, 1982; 51 FR 12853, Apr. 16, 1986; 58 FR 38058, July 15, 1993; 58 FR 40468, July 28, 1993; 61 FR 7217, 7218, Feb. 27, 1996; 61 FR 29029, June 7, 1996]