---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.6052"
title: "38"
number: "21.6052"
heading: "Evaluations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.6052"
---

# §21.6052. Evaluations.

- (a) **Scope and nature of evaluation.** The scope and nature of the evaluation under this program shall be the same as for an evaluation of the reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal under the procedures described for chapter 31 benefits. See [§ 21.50(b)(5)](/cfr/38/21.50.md?p=b-5) and § [21.53 (d)](/cfr/38/21.53.md?p=d) and [(f)](/cfr/38/21.53.md?p=f).
- (b) **Specific services which may be provided in the course of evaluation in determining the reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal.** The following specific services may be provided as a part of the evaluation of reasonable feasibility of achieving a vocational goal, as appropriate:
  - (1) Assessment of feasibility by a Counseling Psychologist (CP) or Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC);
  - (2) Review of feasibility assessment and of need for special services by the Vocational Rehabilitation Panel;
  - (3) Provision of medical and other diagnostic services;
  - (4) Evaluation of employability, for a period not to exceed 30 days, by professional staff of an educational or rehabilitation facility.
- (c) **Responsibility for evaluation.** All determinations as to the reasonable feasibility of vocational training and entitlement to assistance under [38 U.S.C. 1524](/usc/38/1524.md) shall be made by a CP or VRC in the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 4397, Feb. 16, 1988, as amended at; 81 FR 26132, May 2, 2016; 87 FR 8744, Feb. 16, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 98-543, 38 U.S.C. 501 and chapter 15, sections specifically cited, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 4397, Feb. 16, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 4397, Feb. 16, 1988, as amended at; 81 FR 26132, May 2, 2016; 87 FR 8744, Feb. 16, 2022]