---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7652"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7652"
heading: "Eligibility: individuals entitled to benefits under the GI Bill program for members of the Selected Reserve"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7652"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 76 — Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program"
  - "Subchapter V — Stipend Program for Members of the Selected Reserve"
---

# §7652. Eligibility: individuals entitled to benefits under the GI Bill program for members of the Selected Reserve


The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) of [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Affairs may not approve an application under [section 7603 of this title](/usc/38/7603.md) of an individual applying to receive assistance under this subchapter unless—

- (1) the individual is entitled to benefits under [chapter 106](/usc/10/chstA/ptIII/ch106.md) of title 10; and
- (2) the score of the individual on the [Armed Forces](/usc/38/101.md?p=10) Qualification Test was above the 50th percentile.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–366, title II, § 205(a)(1), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 440, § 4352; renumbered § 7652 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 4352 of this title as this section and substituted “7603” for “4303” in introductory provisions.