---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 78.10"
title: "38"
number: "78.10"
heading: "Eligible individuals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/78.10"
---

# §78.10. Eligible individuals.

- (a) To be an eligible individual under this part, a person must be at risk of suicide and further meet the definition of eligible individual in section 201(q) of Public Law 116-171.
- (b) For purposes of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, risk of suicide means exposure to, or the existence of, any of the following factors, to any degree, that increase the risk for suicidal ideation and/or behaviors:
  - (1) Health risk factors, including mental health challenges, substance use disorder, serious or chronic health conditions or pain, and traumatic brain injury.
  - (2) Environmental risk factors, including prolonged stress, stressful life events, unemployment, homelessness, recent loss, and legal or financial challenges.
  - (3) Historical risk factors, including previous suicide attempts, family history of suicide, and history of abuse, neglect, or trauma, including military sexual trauma.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 13835, Mar. 10, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 62663, Aug. 1, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 38 U.S.C. 1720F (note), sec. 201, Pub. L. 116-171, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 13835, Mar. 10, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 13835, Mar. 10, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 62663, Aug. 1, 2024]