---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.9555"
title: "38"
number: "21.9555"
heading: "Entitlement to supplemental educational assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.9555"
---

# §21.9555. Entitlement to supplemental educational assistance.


In determining the entitlement of an individual who is eligible for supplemental educational assistance, VA will—

- (a) Calculate the individual's entitlement to 38 U.S.C. chapter 33 educational assistance on the day he or she establishes eligibility for supplemental educational assistance; and
- (b) Credit the individual with the same number of months and days of entitlement to supplemental educational assistance as the number calculated in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 512, chs. 33, 36 and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 14671, Mar. 31, 2009, unless otherwise noted.