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level. It reinforces through the use of well-established
motivational principles (‘rewards’), modifications or
development of attitudes, habits, skills, and behaviors
necessary to attain or maintain a maximum level of social
and psychological adjustment.
S. Rept. 94-1206 (Part I), supra at 181, 1976 U.S.C.C.A.N. at
6472.
3. Veterans’ Benefits Improvement and Health-Care
Authorization Act of 1986
Veterans’ Benefits Improvement and Health-Care Authorization
Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-576, section 205, 100 Stat. 3256, amended
38 U.S.C. section 618 in response to a concern among veterans
that payments for participation in incentive therapy and CWT
programs were considered as income in determining eligibility
for, or monthly rates of, non-service-connected disability
pensions paid under chapter 15 of title 38. See Senate/House
Explanatory Statement of the Proposed Compromise Agreement on
H.R. 5299, The Proposed Veterans’ Benefits Improvement and Health
Care Authorization Act of 1986, 132 Cong. Rec. 29451, 29453 (Oct.
8, 1986). The amendments identified funds received by
individuals as a result of their participation in therapeutic or
rehabilitative activities carried out under 38 U.S.C. section 618
as “distributions” (in substitution for the terms “payments”,
“wages”, or “remuneration”) and provided that, for purposes of
chapter 15 of title 38, those distributions be considered
donations from public or private relief organizations, which, for
purposes of former section 503(a)(1) of title 38, are not
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