20 CFR § 229.81 - Refusal to accept vocational rehabilitation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s229.81"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 229.81 - Refusal to accept vocational rehabilitation."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "229.81"
section_name: "Refusal to accept vocational rehabilitation."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "229"
part_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 231(f)(b)(5)."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 53397, Oct. 15, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "229"
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# 229.81 Refusal to accept vocational rehabilitation.

The DIB O/M is not payable for any month in which the disabled employee refuses, without good reason, to accept vocational rehabilitation services available under an approved state program. A disabled child's benefit under the O/M is not payable for any month in which the child refuses, without good reason, to accept such vocational rehabilitation services, unless the child is a full-time student.