§ 21.4810 - Eligibility requirements for participation.

To establish eligibility for participation in the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training program, an eligible person, on the date of application, must—

(a)(1) Be unemployed, and

(2) Have been unemployed for at least 8 of the 15 weeks immediately preceding the date of his or her application for participation in a job training program under this subpart, or

(b) Be separated from the active military, naval or air service and must have had a primary or secondary occupational specialty in the Armed Forces which (as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and in effect before the date of the eligible person's separation) is not readily transferable to the civilian workforce; or

(c) Be entitled to compensation (or but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by VA for a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.