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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 2178

Written disagreement statement.

Statement review.

38 USC 1508.

PUBLIC LAW 96-466—OCT. 17, 1980

mines, under regulations which the Administrator shall prescribe, that redevelopment of such plan is appropriate, or (2) disapprove redevelopment of such plan if the Administrator determines, under such regulations, that redevelopment of such plan is not appropriate. "(c)(1) Each veteran for whom a plan has been developed or redeveloped under subsection (a) or (b)(1), respectively, of this section or in whose case redevelopment of a plan has been disapproved under subsection (b)(2) of this section, shall be informed of such veteran's opportunity for a review as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection. "(2) In any case in which a veteran does not agree to such plan as proposed, to such plan as redeveloped, or to the disapproval of redevelopment of such plan, such veteran may submit to the person described in section 1506(e) of this title a written statement containing such veteran's objections and request a review of such plan as proposed or redeveloped, or a review of the disapproval of redevelopment of such plan, as the case may be. "(3) The Administrator shall review the statement submitted under paragraph (2) of this subsection and the plan as proposed or as redeveloped, and, if applicable, the disapproval of redevelopment of the plan, and render a decision on such review not later than ninety days after the date on which such veteran submits such statement, unless the case is one for which a longer period for review, not to exceed 150 days after such veteran submits such statement, is allowed under regulations prescribed by the Administrator, in which case the Administrator shall render a decision no later than the last day of the period prescribed in such regulations. "§1508. Allowances "(a)(1) Except in the case of a veteran who makes an election under subsection (f) of this section and subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, each veteran shall be paid a subsistence allowance in accordance with this section during a period determined by the Administrator to be a period of such veteran's participation under this chapter in a rehabilitation program. "(2) In any case in which the Administrator determines, at the conclusion of such veteran's pursuit of a vocational rehabilitation program under this chapter, that such veteran has been rehabilitated to the point of employability, such veteran shall be paid a subsistence allowance, as prescribed in this section for full-time training for the type of program that the veteran was pursuing, for two months following the conclusion of such pursuit. "(3) A subsistence allowance may not be paid under this chapter to a veteran for any period during which such veteran is being provided with an initial evaluation under section 1506(a) of this title or during which such veteran is being provided only with counseling or with placement or postplacement services under section 1505(b) of this title. "(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Administrator shall determine the subsistence allowance to be paid to a veteran under this chapter in accordance with the following table, which shall be the monthly amount shown in column II, III, IV, or V (whichever is applicable as determined by the veteran's dependency status) opposite the appropriate type of program being pursued as specified in column I: