Abstract: Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) is a Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) program that provides job training and other services to rehabilitate veterans with service-connected disabilities and an employment handicap—meaning they have “an impairment, resulting in substantial part from” a service-connected disability, of their “ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with [their] abilities, aptitudes, and interests.”1 The mission of VR&E is to help veterans obtain stable and suitable employment. The VR&E program also assists veterans to achieve maximum independence in daily living when the severity of their disability prohibits suitable employment. 2 For veterans to receive VR&E benefits, they must meet both eligibility and entitlement requirements.3 Depending on the date they were discharged, some veterans have only 12 years to be eligible from the date of their last discharge from active military service or the date they received notice of their first service-connected disability rating.4 Other requirements include a discharge under conditions other than dishonorable, an employment handicap, and a service-connected disability rated at 10 percent or more. 5 VR&E has no cap on the amount spent on a veteran, making it more expensive per veteran served than other educational benefits programs like the GI Bill. 6 The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this audit and reviewed claims submitted from April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023, to determine whether staff accurately processed eligibility and entitlement for VR&E claims.