---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.6420"
title: "38"
number: "21.6420"
heading: "Coordination with the Veterans Service Center."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.6420"
---

# §21.6420. Coordination with the Veterans Service Center.


It is the responsibility of the VR&E Division to inform the Veterans Service Center in writing of the following changes in the veteran's circumstances contained in the following paragraphs.

- (a) **Evaluation.**
  - (1) The date an evaluation being provided a veteran under age 45, who is required to participate in such evaluation, is suspended because of unsatisfactory conduct or cooperation; and
  - (2) **The date the evaluation is resumed.**
- (b) **Income information.** Any information relating to income from work or training which may affect the veteran's continued entitlement to pension, including participation in:
  - (1) A work adjustment program, incentive or therapeutic work program, vocational training in a rehabilitation facility, or employment in a rehabilitation facility or sheltered workshop;
  - (2) On-job training;
  - (3) The work portion of a cooperative or combination program;
  - (4) Internships; and
  - (5) **Full- or part-time employment.**
- (c) **Dependency changes.** Information regarding dependency changes if the case manager learns of such changes in the normal course of performing his or her duties.
- (d) **Information to determine if the veteran's permanent and total disability rating is protected under § 3.343.** The information provided by the case manager includes:
  - (1) The employment was within the scope of the vocational goal identified in the veteran's individualized written plan of vocational rehabilitation, or in a related field, and the employment secured by the veteran requires the use of the training or services furnished under the rehabilitation plan.
  - (2) Employment was secured not later than one year after the date the veteran's eligibility for counseling expired. A veteran's eligibility for counseling expires on the date employment services are terminated by VA or the veteran completes rehabilitation to the point of employability and terminates program participation, whichever is later; and
  - (3) **The veteran maintained his or her employment for 12 consecutive months.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 4397, Feb. 16, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 21449, May 9, 1991; 71 FR 28586, May 17, 2006]

### 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 56 FR 21449, May 9, 1991; 71 FR 28586, May 17, 2006]