{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-21.5132","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 21.5132","heading":"Criteria used in determining benefit payments.","body":"(a) Training time. The amount of benefit payment to an individual in all types of training except cooperative training, correspondence training and apprenticeship and other on-job training depends on whether VA determines that the individual is a full-time student, three-quarter-time student, half-time student or one-quarter-time student.\n(b) Contributions. The amount of benefit payment to an individual also depends on:\n(1) The amount the individual has contributed to the fund.\n(2) The amount the Secretary of Defense has contributed to the fund for the individual.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 21—VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION","Subpart G—Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 32"],"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":"3dcff4d1e4653e8defc40a1457d0840f4a29c515114e3b3612c6b256447a1b78","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-21.5131","next":"us/38-cfr-21.5133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}