Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service (Chapter 31)
Who We Are - Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service
President Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address indicated the importance of caring
for the Nation's veterans with the following:
"To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan."
These words spoken by President Lincoln reflect the philosophy and principles that guide
the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service
as our endeavors are focused on serving our Nation's veterans and their families.
The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) service is vested with delivering
timely, effective vocational rehabilitation services to veterans with service-connected
disabilities. To enable our injured soldiers, sailors, airmen, and other veterans with
disabilities to form a seamless transition from military service to successful
rehabilitation and on to suitable employment after service to our Nation. For some
severely disabled veterans, this success will be to live independently, achieving the
highest quality of life possible with a realized hope for employment given future
advances in medical science and technology. VR&E strives to exceed the service delivery
expectations of veterans and their families.
VR&E's primary benefit program is vocational rehabilitation services for veterans who
have a service-connected disability. To receive services a veteran must be found both
eligible and entitled. The outcome of these services lead to suitable employment that
is consistent with their aptitudes and interests, or achieving independence in their
daily living.
VR&E also provides educational and vocational counseling for eligible service members,
veterans, and veterans' dependents. The outcome of this counseling is assistance in the
selection of an educational or vocational goal and/or assistance in the selection of
training institutions where this goal may be pursued. Additionally the VR&E program
provides educational and vocational counseling benefits for eligible dependent children
of Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects or children of Vietnam or Korean
veterans born with Spina Bifida. In order to be considered for this benefit program,
you must be the biological child of a veteran who served in Vietnam or in the Korean
demilitarized zone during certain periods in the 1960s or 1970s. You must have been
conceived after the veteran served some time in one of those two places.
Call to request VA Form 28-1900, Disabled Veterans Application for Vocational
Rehabilitation (1-800-827-1000, or download the application at
http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-28-1900-ARE.pdf
or submit your application on-line at
vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp.
If you would like additional information on any of the VA Education programs, please call
our national toll free number at 1-(800)-827-1000, or visit the VA Education Service Web
Site www.gibill.va.gov.
VA Regional Office
210 Franklin Road, SW
Roanoke, VA 24011-2204
Call toll free 1-800-827-1000
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