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VA RIN: 2900-AH88 Publication ID: Spring 1999 
Title: Election of Education Benefits 
Abstract: An individual may be eligible for educational assistance under more than one of the education programs VA administers. Often the individual must elect which benefit she or he wants. Current regulations state that these elections are final once the individual negotiates a check issued under the program he or she has chosen. These regulations must be revised to allow for a different method of determining when an election is final because VA will soon begin converting from paying educational assistance with paper checks to paying these benefits electronically. 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 21.3023    38 CFR 21.5041    38 CFR 21.7040    38 CFR 21.7540   
Legal Authority: 38 USC 3562    38 USC 3221    38 USC 3033    10 USC 16132   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/25/1997  62 FR 62736   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/26/1998  62 FR 62736   
Final Action  08/27/1998  63 FR 45717   
Final Action Effective  09/28/1998  63 FR 45717   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
William G. Susling Jr.
Assistant Director for Policy and Program Development (225)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 273-7187
Fax:202 275-2636
Email: edubsusl@vba.va.gov