; 131 Stat. 978). 170007. Extension of payment of vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowances In the case of any veteran who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines is satisfactorily following a program of employment services provided under section 3104(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, during period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on December 21, 2020, the Secretary may pay the veteran a subsistence allowance, as prescribed in section 3108 of such title for full-time training for the type of program that the veteran was pursuing, for two additional months. . 170008. Increase of amount of Department of Veterans Affairs payments for aid and attendance during emergency period resulting from COVID–19 pandemic (a) In general During the covered period, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall apply each of the following provisions of title 38, United States Code, by substituting for the dollar amount in such provision the amount equal to 125 percent of the dollar amount that was in effect under such provision on the date of the enactment of this Act: (1) Subsections (l), (m), and (r) of section 1114. (2) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) of section 1521. (3) Paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (f) of section 1521. (b) Covered period In this section, the covered period is the period that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act and ends 60 days after the last day of the emergency period (as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1) )) resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic. 170009. Treatment of work injury compensation claims filed by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for COVID–19 (a) Eligibility Notwithstanding section 7425(b) of title 38, United States Code, or any other provision of law, each employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (including employees under chapter 74 of such title) shall be treated as an employee under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of making claims under such chapter relating