---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.7040"
title: "38"
number: "21.7040"
heading: "Categories of basic eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.7040"
---

# §21.7040. Categories of basic eligibility.


Eligibility for basic educational assistance can be established by:

- (a) Some individuals who first become members of the Armed Forces or who first enter on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces after June 30, 1985, and
- (b) Some individuals who are eligible for educational assistance allowance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 34.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 1757, Jan. 22, 1988, as amended at 55 FR 28384, July 11, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 30, 36, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 1757, Jan. 22, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 1757, Jan. 22, 1988, as amended at 55 FR 28384, July 11, 1990]