---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.5834"
title: "38"
number: "21.5834"
heading: "Discontinuance dates: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.5834"
---

# §21.5834. Discontinuance dates: General.

- (a) **Educational assistance.** Although educational assistance is paid only once in a term, quarter, or semester, VA may discontinue it under the circumstances stated in [§ 21.5835](/cfr/38/21.5835.md). The discontinuance may cause an overpayment. (See also [§ 21.5838](/cfr/38/21.5838.md).) If the individual dies during an enrollment period, the provisions of [§ 21.5835(a)](/cfr/38/21.5835.md?p=a) will apply, even if other types of discontinuances are involved. In all other cases where more than one type of reduction or discontinuance is involved, the earliest date found in [§ 21.5835](/cfr/38/21.5835.md) will control.
- (b) **Subsistence allowance.** The effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of subsistence allowance will be as specified in [§ 21.5835](/cfr/38/21.5835.md). If more than one type of discontinuance is involved, the earliest date will control.

## 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.