Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training (ASVET)
shall mean the official of the Department of Labor as described in
Sec. 1001.110 of this part.
Assistant State Director for Veterans' Employment and Training
Service (ASDVETS) shall mean a Federal employee who is designated as an
assistant to a State Director for Veterans' Employment and Training
Service (SDVETS).
Disabled Veteran shall mean a veteran who is entitled to
compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would
be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Veterans
Administration and whos
not classified as a Special Disabled Veteran.
Eligible person shall mean:
(1) The spouse of any person who died of a service-connected
disability; or
(2) The spouse of any member of the armed forces serving on active
duty who at the time of application for assistance under this subpart,
is listed, pursuant to 37 U.S.C. 556 and the regulations issued
thereunder, by the Secretary concerned, in one or more of the following
categories and has been so listed for a total of more than 90 days: (i)
Missing in action, (ii) captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or
(iii) forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign
government or power; or
(3) The spouse of any person who has a total disability permanent in
nature resulting from a service-connected disability or the spouse of a
veteran who died while a disability so evaluated was in existence.
Eligible veteran shall mean a person who (1) served on active duty
for a period of more than 180 days and was discharged or released
therefrom with other than a dishonorable discharge, or (2) was
discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected
disability.
Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) shall mean a member
of the State agency staff designated and assigned by the State agency
administrator to serve veterans and eligible persons pursuant to this
subpart.
Regional Director for Veterans' Employment and Training Service
(RDVETS) is the representative of the ASVET on the staff of the
Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) at the regional level;
supervises all other VETS staff within the region to which assigned; and
shall report to, be responsible to, and be under the administrative
direction of the ASVET.
Service Delivery Point (SDP) shall mean a designated local
employment service office which serves an area that may also contain
extended service locations.
Special disabled veteran shall mean (1) a veteran who is entitled to
compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would
be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Veterans
Administration for a disability rated at 30 percent or more, or (2) a
person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a
service-connected disability.
State agency means the State governmental unit designated pursuant
to section 4 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, to cooperate with the
United States Employment Service in the operation of the public
employment service system.
State Director for Veterans' Employment and Training Service
(SDVETS) is the representative of ASVET on the staff of the Veterans'
Employment and Training Service (VETS) at the State level.
United States Employment Service (USES) shall mean the component of
the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor,
established under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, to maintain and
coordinate a national system of public employment service agencies.
Veteran of the Vietnam era shall mean an eligible veteran who (1)
served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days, any part of
which occurred during the Vietnam era (August 5, 1964, through May 7,
1975) and was discharged or released therefrom with other than a
dishonorable discharge; or (2) was discharged or released from active
duty for a service-connected disability if any part of such active duty
was performed during the Vietnam era.
Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) shall mean the
organizational component of the Department of Labor administered by the
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training
established to promulgate and administer policies and regulations to
provide eligible veterans and eligible persons the maximum of employment
and training opportunities according to 38 U.S.C. 2002.
[49 FR 12919, Mar. 30, 1984. Redesignated and amended at 54 FR 39353,
Sept. 26, 1989]
