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PREC 17-97 Payment of Vocational Training expenses directly to a Veteran
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PREC 17-97 Payment of Vocational Training expenses directly to a Veteran Citation: Vet. Aff. Op. Gen Couns. Prec. 17-97, VAOPGCPREC 17-97, 1997 QUESTIONS PRESENTED a. Under what circumstances may a veteran attending school as part of a vocational rehabilitation program under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, be paid directly for “tuition, fees, and miscellaneous expenses, etc.”? b. Can such payment for “tuition, fees, and miscellaneous expenses, etc.” be withheld to satisfy, an existing account receivable for overpayment of subsistence allowance under the chapter 31 program?
HELD 1. When VA, in its discretion, determines the facts and equities of the individual circumstances so warrant, it may directly reimburse an eligible veteran for the costs of tuition and fees, necessary supplies, and services paid by the veteran which VA retroactively approves as a required part of a vocational rehabilitation program under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code. 2. VA may deduct the amount of a veteran’s existing VA benefits program debt from the amount due the veteran as a retroactive chapter 31 reimbursement payment. |
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