---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.6507"
title: "38"
number: "21.6507"
heading: "Special benefits for qualified veterans under test program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.6507"
---

# §21.6507. Special benefits for qualified veterans under test program.

- (a) **Protection of IU rating under 38 CFR 3.343(c)(2).** The total disability rating of any qualified veteran who begins to engage in a substantially gainful occupation during the program period is protected from reduction by VA on the basis of the veteran's having secured and followed a substantially gainful occupation under the provisions of [§ 3.343(c)(2)](/cfr/38/3.343.md?p=c-2) of this title.
- (b) **Counseling and employment services for qualified veterans.** During the program period, VA will make the counseling services described in [38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(2)](/usc/38/3104.md?p=a-2), and the placement and postplacement services described in [38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(5)](/usc/38/3104.md?p=a-5), available to each qualified veteran for whom achievement of a vocational goal is reasonably feasible. These services will be made available regardless of the veteran's entitlement to or desire to participate in a vocational rehabilitation program under chapter 31. See [§ 21.6519](/cfr/38/21.6519.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 98-543, sec. 111; 38 U.S.C. 1163; Pub. L. 100-687, sec. 1301, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 19333, May 29, 1986, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 53 FR 4397, Feb. 16, 1988.