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PUBLIC LAW 89-358-MAR. 3, 1966 "Entitlement Limitations

38 USC 1952 Ed., ch. 12A. 38 USC 1601 note 70 Stat. 411,. 38 USC 1701 e( seq.

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" (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), in no event shall an eligible veteran receive educational assistance under this chapter for a period which, when combined with education and training received under any or all of the laws listed below, will exceed thirty-six months— " (1) parts VII or VIII, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended; "(2) title II of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1052; "(3) the W a r Orphans' Educational Assistance Act of 1956; "(4) chapters 31, 33, and 35 of this title. "(c) Whenever the period of entitlement under this section of an eligible veteran who is enrolled in an educational institution regularly operated on the quarter or semester system ends during a quarter or semester, such period shall be extended to the termination of such unexpired quarter or semester. I n educational institutions not operated on the quarter or semester system, whenever the period of eligibility ends after a major portion of the course is completed such period shall be extended to the end of the course or for twelve weeks, whichever is the lesser period. " (d) If an eligible veteran is entitled to educational assistance under this chapter and also to vocational rehabilitation under chapter 31 of this title, he must, if he wants either, elect w'hether he will receive educational assistance or vocational rehabilitation. If an eligible veteran is entitled to educational assistance under this chapter and is not entitled to such vocational rehabilitation, but after beginning his program of education becomes entitled (as determined by the Administrator) to such vocational rehabilitation, he must, if he wants either, elect whether to pontinue to receive educational assistance or whether to receive such vocational rehabilitation. I f he elects to receive vocational rehabilitation, the program of education under this chapter shall be utilized to the fullest extent practicable in determining the character and duration of vocational rehabilitation to be f u m i ^ e d him. "§ 1662. Time limitations for completing a program of education "Delimiting Period for Completion " (a) No educational assistance shall be afforded an eligible veteran under this chapter beyond the date eight years after his last discharge or release from active duty after January 31, 1955, "Correction of Discharge

76 Stat. 509. 70A Stat. 116.

" (b) In the case of any eligible veteran who has been prevented, as determined by the Administrator, from completing a program of education mider this chapter within the period prescribed by subsection (a), because lie had not met the nature of discharge requirements of this chapter before a change, correction, or modification of a discharge ^^j. dismissal made pursuant to section 1553 of title 10, the correction of the military records of the proper service department under section 1552 of title 10, or other corrective action by competent authority, then the 8-year delimiting period shall run from the date his discharge or dismissal was changed, corrected, or modified. r

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