38 U.S.C. § 3111
Section 3111 · Regulations to promote satisfactory conduct and cooperation
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Daylo v. Administrator of Veterans' Affairs (1974)
Most recently applied in McRae v. Brown (July 1996)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to promote satisfactory conduct and cooperation on the part of veterans who are pursuing rehabilitation programs under this chapter. In any case in which the Secretary determines that a veteran has failed to maintain satisfactory conduct or cooperation, the Secretary may, after determining that all reasonable counseling efforts have been made and are not reasonably likely to be effective, discontinue services and assistance unless the Secretary determines that mitigating circumstances exist. In any case in which such services and assistance have been discontinued, the Secretary may reinstitute such services and assistance only if the Secretary determines that—
(1) the cause of the unsatisfactory conduct or cooperation of such veteran has been removed; and
(2) the rehabilitation program which such veteran proposes to pursue (whether the same or revised) is suitable to such veteran's abilities, aptitudes, and interests.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
Prior section 3111 was renumbered section 5311 of this title.
Amendments
1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1511 of this title as this section.
1989—Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.
Effective Date
Section effective Apr. 1, 1981, see section 802(a)(1) of Pub. L. 96–466, set out as a note under section 3100 of this title.