{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-21.3042","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 21.3042","heading":"Service with Armed Forces.","body":"(a) No educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 may be provided an otherwise eligible person during any period he or she is on duty with the Armed Forces. See § 21.3021 (e) and (f). This does not apply to brief periods of active duty for training. See § 21.3135(f).\n(b) If the eligible person served with the Armed Forces, his or her discharge or release from each period of service must have been under conditions other than dishonorable.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 21—VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION","Subpart C—Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"d30d01bd17bef62d56dac62ba5933e8dcea73e0467b8339eb1b18ef7744a477b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-21.3041","next":"us/38-cfr-21.3043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}