---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5060"
title: "38"
number: "21.5060"
heading: "Disenrollment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5060"
---

# §21.5060. Disenrollment.

- (a) **Voluntary disenrollment.**
  - (1) An individual may disenroll at anytime after the initial 12 months of participation.
  - (2) At any time within the initial 12 months of participation, an individual may elect to disenroll for reasons of personal hardship only.
- (b) **Nonvoluntary disenrollment.** The Department of Veterans Affairs shall disenroll automatically an individual who meets any of the following sets of conditions:
  - (1) The individual is discharged or released from his or her initial obligated period of active service and:
    - (i) The discharge or release is under dishonorable conditions, or
    - (ii) A statutory bar to benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs exists for the individual;
  - (2) The individual participated only after completion of the initial or subsequent period of active service; is discharged or released and:
    - (i) The discharge or release is under dishonorable conditions, or
    - (ii) A statutory bar to benefits exists for the individual; or
  - (3) The individual has not utilized all of his or her entitlement to benefits within the 10-year period stated in [§ 21.5041](/cfr/38/21.5041.md), and at the end of one year thereafter has not filed a claim for educational assistance allowance as provided in [§ 21.5030(c)](/cfr/38/21.5030.md?p=c).

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 31, Jan. 2, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 59247, Dec. 4, 1981; 51 FR 12853, Apr. 16, 1986; 58 FR 31910, June 7, 1993; 61 FR 29030, 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 59247, Dec. 4, 1981; 51 FR 12853, Apr. 16, 1986; 58 FR 31910, June 7, 1993; 61 FR 29030, June 7, 1996]