---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.73"
title: "38"
number: "21.73"
heading: "Duration of employment assistance programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.73"
---

# §21.73. Duration of employment assistance programs.

- (a) **Duration.** Employment assistance may be provided to the veteran for the period necessary to enable the veteran to secure employment in a suitable occupation, and to adjust in the employment. This period shall not exceed 18 months. A veteran may be provided such assistance if he or she is eligible for employment assistance under the provisions of [§ 21.47](/cfr/38/21.47.md) of this part.
- (b) **Employment assistance not charged against Chapter 31 entitlement.** The period of employment assistance provided in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is not charged against the months of entitlement under Chapter 31 (see [§ 21.70](/cfr/38/21.70.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 54 FR 21216, May 17, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 18, 31, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 54 FR 21216, May 17, 1989]