---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.8140"
title: "38"
number: "21.8140"
heading: "Evaluation and improvement of vocational potential."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.8140"
---

# §21.8140. Evaluation and improvement of vocational potential.

- (a) **General.** A CP or VRC may use the services that [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section describes to:
  - (1) Evaluate vocational training and employment potential;
  - (2) **Provide a basis for planning—**
    - (i) A program of services and assistance to improve the eligible child's preparation for vocational training and employment; or
    - (ii) A vocational training program;
  - (3) Reevaluate the vocational training feasibility of an eligible child participating in a vocational training program; and
  - (4) Remediate deficiencies in the child's basic capabilities, skills, or knowledge to give the child the ability to participate in vocational training or employment.
- (b) **Periods when evaluation and improvement services may be provided.** A CP or VRC may authorize the services described in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, except those in [paragraph (d)(4)](#d-4) of this section, for delivery during:
  - (1) An initial or extended evaluation; or
  - (2) **Pursuit of a vocational training program.**
- (c) **Duration of services.** The duration of services needed to improve vocational training and employment potential, furnished on a full-time basis either as a preliminary part or all of a vocational training program, may not exceed 9 months. If VA furnishes these services on a less than full-time basis, the duration will be for the period necessary, but may not exceed the equivalent of 9 months of full-time training.
- (d) **Scope of services.** Evaluation and improvement services include:
  - (1) Diagnostic services;
  - (2) Personal and work adjustment training;
  - (3) Referral for medical care and treatment pursuant to [§§ 17.900 through 17.905](/cfr/38/17.900..17.905.md) of this title for the spina bifida, covered birth defects, or related conditions;
  - (4) Vocationally oriented independent living services indispensable to pursuing a vocational training program;
  - (5) Language training, speech and voice correction, training in ambulation, and one-hand typewriting;
  - (6) Orientation, adjustment, mobility and related services; and
  - (7) Other appropriate services to assist the child in functioning in the proposed training or work environment.
- (e) **Applicability of chapter 31 rules on special rehabilitation services.** The provisions of [§ 21.140](/cfr/38/21.140.md) do not apply to this subpart. Subject to the provisions of this subpart, the following provisions apply to the vocational training program under this subpart in a manner comparable to that for veterans under the 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 program: § [21.142(a)](/cfr/38/21.142.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/38/21.142.md?p=b); [§ 21.144](/cfr/38/21.144.md); [§ 21.146](/cfr/38/21.146.md); § [21.148(a)](/cfr/38/21.148.md?p=a) and [(c)](/cfr/38/21.148.md?p=c); [§ 21.150](/cfr/38/21.150.md) other than [paragraph (b)](#b); [§ 21.152](/cfr/38/21.152.md) other than [paragraph (b)](#b); [§ 21.154](/cfr/38/21.154.md) other than [paragraph (b)](#b); and [§ 21.156](/cfr/38/21.156.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 512, 1151 note, ch. 18, 5112, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 72565, Dec. 6, 2002, unless otherwise noted.