---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5138"
title: "38"
number: "21.5138"
heading: "Computation of benefit payments and monthly rates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5138"
---

# §21.5138. Computation of benefit payments and monthly rates.


Except as provided in §§ [21.5136(b)(1)](/cfr/38/21.5136.md?p=b-1) and [21.5137(a)](/cfr/38/21.5137.md?p=a), for purposes of this subpart VA will compute benefit payments and monthly rates as provided in this section.

- (a) **Computation of entitlement factor.**
  - (1) For residence training, VA will compute an entitlement factor as follows:
  - (2) For correspondence training, VA will compute an entitlement factor as follows:
  - (3) For apprenticeship and other on-job training, VA will compute an entitlement factor as follows:
  - (4) For cooperative training, VA will compute an entitlement factor as follows:
  - (5) For flight training, VA will compute an entitlement factor as follows:
- (b) **Computation of benefit payment.** Under this section, VA will compute benefit payments as follows:
- (c) **Monthly rates.** Under this section, VA will compute the monthly rates of payment for individuals in residence training by repeating the calculations in [paragraphs (b)(1) through (11)](#b-1..b-11) of this section except that instead of entering the entitlement factor on line f, paragraph (b)(1), VA will enter 1 for a full-time student, .75 for a three-quarter time student, .5 for a half-time student, or .25 for a one-quarter time student.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 31, Jan. 2, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 32024, June 19, 1981; 47 FR 51747, Nov. 17, 1982; 48 FR 3369, Jan. 25, 1983; 48 FR 50530, Nov. 2, 1983; 52 FR 3429, Feb. 4, 1987; 53 FR 34498, Sept. 7, 1988; 55 FR 31582, Aug. 3, 1990; 57 FR 38615, Aug. 26, 1992; 58 FR 31911, June 7, 1993; 72 FR 16978, Apr. 5, 2007]

### 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 32024, June 19, 1981; 47 FR 51747, Nov. 17, 1982; 48 FR 3369, Jan. 25, 1983; 48 FR 50530, Nov. 2, 1983; 52 FR 3429, Feb. 4, 1987; 53 FR 34498, Sept. 7, 1988; 55 FR 31582, Aug. 3, 1990; 57 FR 38615, Aug. 26, 1992; 58 FR 31911, June 7, 1993; 72 FR 16978, Apr. 5, 2007]