Veterans Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence Allowance Rates

By statute, VA must determine each fiscal year what increase, if any, VA will pay in the monthly rates of basic subsistence allowance payable under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31. The statute provides a formula for this increase. We are changing the regulations governing the rates of basic subsistence allowance VA will pay under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 to show the increases in these rates for fiscal years 1996 through 2000. To reflect a statutory change, we are also changing the regulations to include rates for fiscal years 1995 through 2000 for certain training or work experience in a facility of an agency of a federally recognized Indian tribe. In addition, we are correcting a typographical error in the fiscal year 1995 rates, making changes to conform to statutory language, and making nonsubstantive changes to improve clarity.