38 U.S.C. § 3102: Basic entitlement

a veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at 20 percent or more which was incurred or aggravated in service on or after September 16, 1940 ; or the hospital (or other medical facility) providing the hospitalization, care, services, or treatment is doing so under contract or agreement with the Secretary concerned, or is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary concerned; and the person is suffering from a disability which will likely be compensable at a rate of 20 percent or more under chapter 11 of this title; and is determined by the Secretary to be in need of rehabilitation because of an employment handicap; or has a service-connected disability rated at 10 percent which was incurred or aggravated in service on or after September 16, 1940 ; and is determined by the Secretary to be in need of rehabilitation because of a serious employment handicap. the person is described by paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a); and has exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the State law or under Federal law with respect to a benefit year; has no rights to regular compensation with respect to a week under such State or Federal law; and is not receiving compensation with respect to such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and begins such additional rehabilitation program within six months of the date of such exhaustion. no payments of regular compensation can be made under such law because such person has received all regular compensation available to such person based on employment or wages during such person’s base period; or such person’s rights to such compensation have been terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year with respect to which such rights existed. In this subsection, the terms “compensation”, “regular compensation”, “benefit year”, “State”, “State law”, and “week” have the respective meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 ( 26 U.S.C. 3304 note). No person shall be entitled to an additional rehabilitation program under paragraph (1) from whom the Secretary receives an application therefor after March 31, 2014 .