---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 62.32"
title: "38"
number: "62.32"
heading: "Supportive service: Assistance in obtaining VA benefits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/62.32"
---

# §62.32. Supportive service: Assistance in obtaining VA benefits.

- (a) Grantees must assist participants in obtaining any benefits from VA for which the participants are eligible. Such benefits include, but are not limited to:
  - (1) Vocational and rehabilitation counseling;
  - (2) Employment and training service;
  - (3) Educational assistance; and
  - (4) **Health care services.**
- (b) Grantees are not permitted to represent participants before VA with respect to a claim for VA benefits unless they are recognized for that purpose pursuant to [38 U.S.C. 5902](/usc/38/5902.md). Employees and members of grantees are not permitted to provide such representation unless the individual providing representation is accredited pursuant to 38 U.S.C. chapter 59.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 2044, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 68979, Nov. 10, 2010, unless otherwise noted.