Veterans
Administration
Vocational Rehabilitation and
Counseling Procedures Under
38 U.S.C. Chapter 31
Program Administration
June 4, 1 987Department of
M28-1, Part 1, RevisedVeterans Benefits
Washington DC 20420
M28-1, Part I, RevisedDepartment of Veterans Benefits
Veterans Administration
Washington, DC 20420
June 4, 1987
Part 1, Revised, "Program Administration," Department of Veterans Benefits Manual M28-1, "Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Procedures Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31," is published for the compliance of all concerned.
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R.J. VOGEL
Chief Benefits Director
Distribution: RPC: 2200
FD EX: ASO and AR, I each
June 4, 1987M28.1, Part I
FOREWORD
This manual provides procedures for the administration of vocational rehabilitation benefits under title 38, United States Code, chapter 31. Material in these procedures incorporates comments by field elements.
The material which is presented in this manual is divided into four parts:
Part I-Program Administration
Part II- Counseling Services
Part III-Rehabilitation Services
Part IV-Employment Assistance
A table of contents precedes each part of this manual. Decimal numbers, starting with the digit 1, identify paragraphs. The digit or digits to the left of the decimal indicate the chapter number and digits to the right indicate main paragraphs. Main paragraphs begin with .01 in each chapter. Main paragraphs may also be further subdivided. Should it become necessary to interpose new paragraphs between existing ones, the additions will be numbered by extending the number of the preceding paragraph an additional decimal digit. For example, main paragraphs inserted between paragraphs 1.01 and 1.02 would be 1.01.1, 1.01.2, etc.
Pages are numbered within each chapter by first giving the chapter number, a dash, and then the page number, beginning with the digit 1. This numbering system allows the addition of pages to a chapter without disturbing the numerical sequence of pages and paragraphs. Pages inserted between two numbered pages in a chapter will use the number of the preceding page followed by lowercase letters in alphabetical order. For example, pages inserted between pages 1-1 and 1-2 would be 1-la, 1-lb, etc.
If a revision requires little change in the original text, instructions will state how the text is to be amended. If the change is extensive, a new page or pages will be issued. The new pages will be inserted in the proper place and the replaced pages destroyed. Each page of the manual bears the date of publication in the upper inside corner. Changed pages carry the date of the change in the upper inside corner and the number of the change in the upper outside corner.
Deviation from any of the prescribed procedures contained in the manual without prior approval of the Chief Benefits Director is prohibited.
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RESCISSIONS
1. Manuals
M28-1, part 1
2. Interim Issues
II 22-78-5
II 28-81-2 and erratum
II 28-82-2
II 28-82-5
II 28-83-1
II 28-84-1
II 28-85-1
II 28-87-1
II 28-87-2
3. Circulars
DVB 28-82-9
DVB28-83-1 Revised, changes I and2
DVB28-83-2, Revised
DV B 28-83-4
DVB 28-84-10 and changes I and2 DVB28-86-1
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