---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5725"
title: "38"
number: "21.5725"
heading: "Obtaining benefits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5725"
---

# §21.5725. Obtaining benefits.

- (a) **Actions required of the individual.** In order to obtain benefits under the educational assistance and subsistence allowance program, an individual must—
  - (1) File a claim for benefits with VA, and
  - (2) **Ensure that the accredited institution certifies his or her enrollment to VA.**
- (b) **VA action upon receipt of a claim.** Upon receipt of a claim from an individual VA shall—
  - (1) Determine if the individual, or the veteran upon whose service the claim is based, has or had basic eligibility;
  - (2) Determine that the eligibility period has not expired;
  - (3) Determine that the individual has remaining entitlement;
  - (4) Verify that the individual is attending an accredited institution;
  - (5) Determine whether payments may be made for the course, and
  - (6) **Make appropriate payments of educational assistance and subsistence allowance.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 107; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 3695, 5101, 5113, 5303A; 42 U.S.C. 2000; sec. 901, Pub. L. 96-342, 94 Stat. 1111-1114, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 27026, July 29, 1986, unless otherwise noted.