(a) General. The services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be used to:

1. (1) Evaluate rehabilitation potential;

2. (2) Provide a basis for planning:

   1. (i) A program of services and assistance to improve the veteran's potential for vocational rehabilitation; or
   2. (ii) A vocational training program; and

3. (3) Reevaluate the vocational training potential of a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program.

   (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(a))

(b) Periods during which evaluation and improvement services may be provided. Services described in paragraph (d) of this section may be provided during:

1. (1) An evaluation or reevaluation;
2. (2) Rehabilitation to the point of employability;

3. (3) Employment services.

   (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))

(c) Duration of services. The duration of services needed to improve rehabilitation potential, furnished on a full-time basis either as a preliminary part of the period of rehabilitation to the point of employability or as the total program, may not exceed 9 months. If these services are furnished 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. See § 21.6310.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))

(d) Scope of services. Evaluation and improvement services include:

1. (1) Diagnostic services;
2. (2) Personal and work adjustment training;
3. (3) Medical care and treatment;
4. (4) Independent living services indispensable to pursuing a vocational training program;
5. (5) Language training, speech and voice correction, training in ambulation, and one-hand typewriting;
6. (6) Orientation, adjustment, mobility and related services; and

7. (7) Other appropriate services.

   (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))

(e) Applicability of chapter 31 rules. the provisions of § 21.140 of this part are not applicable to this temporary program. The provisions of § 21.142 through § 21.156 of this part are applicable, subject to provisions of this section.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2))