---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.6509"
title: "38"
number: "21.6509"
heading: "Notice to qualified veterans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.6509"
---

# §21.6509. Notice to qualified veterans.

- (a) At the time notice is provided to a qualified veteran of an award of an IU rating, VA shall provide the veteran with an additional statement. These statements shall contain the following information:
  - (1) Notice of the provisions of [38 U.S.C. 1163](/usc/38/1163.md);
  - (2) Information explaining the purposes and availability of, as well as eligibility requirements and procedures for pursuing a vocational rehabilitation program under Chapter 31; and
  - (3) **A summary description of the scope of services and assistance available under that chapter.**
- (b) **Opportunity for evaluation.** After providing the notice required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, VA shall offer the veteran the opportunity for an evaluation under [§ 21.50](/cfr/38/21.50.md) of this part.
- (c) **Evaluation.** The term evaluation hereinafter shall be understood to mean the same evaluation accorded in an initial evaluation and an extended evaluation as those terms are described in §§ [21.50](/cfr/38/21.50.md) and [21.57](/cfr/38/21.57.md) of this part.
- (d) **Responsible staff member.** The evaluation or reevaluation will be provided by a Counseling Psychologist (CP) or Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) in the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 17273, Apr. 24, 1990, as amended at 81 FR 26132, May 2, 2016; 87 FR 8744, Feb. 16, 2022]

### 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.

### Amendments

[55 FR 17273, Apr. 24, 1990, as amended at 81 FR 26132, May 2, 2016; 87 FR 8744, Feb. 16, 2022]