Veteran Readiness and Employment Program: Improving Development and Delivery of Individualized Rehabilitation Plans

What it does

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend the regulations pertaining to the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Chapter 31 program to ensure the planning of rehabilitation programs for eligible veterans and dependents is based on information from current treatment providers and not individuals on a panel who never treated the veteran or dependent. Current regulations require consultation with a panel of individuals who are not involved in the direct care or treatment of the veteran or dependent. As such consultation is not statutorily required, VA proposes to eliminate this unnecessary process, which often adds avoidable delays to veterans' access to benefits, and streamline decision-making based on providers who actually know the veteran's needs.

The Veterans Affairs Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

38 CFR 21

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2900-AS92 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Comments must be received by July 6, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket VA-2026-VBA-0133 on Regulations.gov
• Title 38 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register