---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5292"
title: "38"
number: "21.5292"
heading: "Reduced monthly contribution for certain individuals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5292"
---

# §21.5292. Reduced monthly contribution for certain individuals.

- (a) **Qualifying for reduced monthly contributions.** Some individuals can become participants while making no contributions. To qualify for this portion of the pilot program the individual must:
  - (1) Enlist or reenlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps after November 30, 1980, and before October 1, 1981;
  - (2) Elect or have elected to participate in the Post-Vietnam Era Educational Assistance Program; and
  - (3) **Be chosen for the pilot program by the Secretary of Defense or his or her designee.**
- (b) **Monthly contributions made by the Secretary of Defense.**
  - (1) The Secretary of Defense may pay $75 per month as the monthly contribution otherwise required under [§ 21.5052(b)](/cfr/38/21.5052.md?p=b) for an individual described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
  - (2) The individual will not be required to make a contribution for any month to the extent that the contribution otherwise required by [§ 21.5052(b)](/cfr/38/21.5052.md?p=b) for that month is paid by the Secretary of Defense.
  - (3) The amount paid by the Secretary of Defense shall be deposited in the fund.
- (c) **Restrictions on monthly contributions.** The Secretary of Defense may not make a payment under the pilot program on behalf of any person for any month:
  - (1) Before the month in which the person enlisted or reenlisted in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps, or
  - (2) **Before December 1980.**
- (d) **Refunds.** If an individual participating in the pilot program disenrolls, any monthly contributions made by the Secretary of Defense will be returned to the Secretary of Defense rather than refunded to the individual.
- (e) **Application of sections to this portion of the pilot program.**
  - (1) **The following sections apply to this portion of the pilot program with amendments as noted—**
    - (i) In [§ 21.5021(e)](/cfr/38/21.5021.md?p=e) a participant includes someone whose contributions are being made by the Secretary of Defense.
    - (ii) In [§ 21.5052(b)](/cfr/38/21.5052.md?p=b) the Secretary of Defense may make contributions to the fund and may designate the amount of the contribution.
    - (iii) In [§ 21.5052(d)](/cfr/38/21.5052.md?p=d) the Secretary of Defense may increase or decrease the amount of the contribution.
    - (iv) In §§ [21.5064](/cfr/38/21.5064.md) and [21.5065](/cfr/38/21.5065.md) monthly contributions made by the Secretary of Defense will be returned to him or her instead of being refunded to the veteran.
    - (v) In [§ 21.5071](/cfr/38/21.5071.md) the Department of Veterans Affairs will also credit the individual with 1 month of entitlement for each month the Secretary of Defense contributes to the fund on his or her behalf.
    - (vi) In [§ 21.5138](/cfr/38/21.5138.md) the references to the individual's contributions include those contributions made on the individual's behalf by the Secretary of Defense.
  - (2) Except as amended in [paragraph (e)(1)](#e-1) of this section [§§ 21.5001 through 21.5041](/cfr/38/21.5001..21.5041.md) and [§§ 21.5050 through 21.5270](/cfr/38/21.5050..21.5270.md) apply without change to this portion of the pilot program. See [§ 21.5296](/cfr/38/21.5296.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 51747, Nov. 17, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 2109, Jan. 18, 1984; 53 FR 34499, Sept. 7, 1988; 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

[47 FR 51747, Nov. 17, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 2109, Jan. 18, 1984; 53 FR 34499, Sept. 7, 1988; 61 FR 29030, June 7, 1996]