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VA RIN: 2900-AS30 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●The 81-Month Rule for Dependents Education Assistance 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this final rule to update its regulation governing a beneficiary’s receipt of education assistance from two or more programs. This action is necessary to implement a statutory amendment enacted in August 2012, which authorized an 81-month aggregate period for use of Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (Chapter 35) benefits in combination with other programs listed in the statute. This rulemaking amends the regulation to align it with the current statutory text. 

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 21.4020   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3695    38 U.S.C. 3695(a)    5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)    2 U.S.C. 1532   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action  07/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Thomas Alphonso
Consultant, Compensation Service (211D)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420
Phone:202 461-9486
Email: thomas.alphonso@va.gov