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395 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility Note: The Chapter 31 VA Vocational Rehabilitation program is for veterans with disabilities and a few dependents. Look for VA disability income also. For ERDC, the following is cited from Oregon Administrative Rule 414-175-0035 — Specific Financial Requirements: For the ERDC program, the following assets are countable or excluded for the purposes of evaluating whether the Financial Group meets the income and resource limits in OAR 414-175-0050: Veterans’ benefits: (a) Monthly payments are counted as unearned income. (b) Other payments are counted as periodic or lump sum income. (c) Educational benefits from the United States Veterans Administration are treated in accordance with subsection (24) of this rule. (d) A subsistence allowance from a training and rehabilitation program of the United States Veterans Administration is treated as unearned income. (e) The following payments are excluded: (A) Payments under 38 USC 1805 to biological children of Vietnam veterans who are born with spina bifida. (B) Payments under 38 USC 1815 to children with birth defects born to female Vietnam veterans. For HSD medical programs, veteran’s benefits are treated as follows: Veterans’ retirement benefits: (a) If any part of the retirement payment is based on a personal injury or sickness resulting from active service, that portion of the payment is excluded from monthly and annual income. Count the remaining amount of the payment for monthly and annual income. (b) All other veterans’ benefits are excluded for monthly and annual income. Oregon Administrative Rule(s) 461-145-0580 — Veterans’ Benefits 461-145-0585 — Vocational Rehabilitation Payment 410-200-0015 (54) and (55) — General Definitions 414-175-0035 — Specific Financial Requirements Victims’ assistance Payments made under P. L. 103-286 to victims of Nazi persecution and payments under 42 U.S.C 10602, the Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA), are excluded as income and amounts retained are excluded as a resource as long as the amounts are not commingled with other funds.