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Programs
for Veterans
Note: Information about programs for
people with
disabilities, including disabled veterans, is also available.
VETERANS READJUSTMENT APPOINTMENT (VRA)
Features
- This program assists eligible veterans of the Vietnam era
and the post-Vietnam era.
- VRA appointees are initially hired for a two-year period
in the excepted service.
- The VRA authority may be used to fill jobs up through GS-11.
- Veterans with less than 15 years of formal education will
participate in a formal training program.
- VRA appointees are converted to a career or career-conditional
appointment following successful completion of the VRA program.
Recruiting Sources
- Veterans placement offices, Department of Veterans Affairs,
job fairs, advertisements.
Eligibility
- Candidate must have served for a period of more than 180 days
active duty, all or part of which occurred after 8/4/64, and
have other than a dishonorable discharge.
- Time limits on eligibility are set under Federal regulations.
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