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Veterans Affairs Eligibility
Montgomery G.I. Bill (Chapter
30)
Establishes a program of education benefits for essentially two groups or categories
of individuals based on their active duty service. Individuals entering military
service on or after July 1, 1985, who have had their basic military pay reduced
by $100 a month for the first 12 months of their service and received a discharge
specifically listed as "HONORABLE" are eligible. Individuals eligible for the
Old GI Bill (Chapter 34) as of December 31, 1989, who meet certain eligibility
requirements and persons separated from active duty due to a service-connected
disability or hardship discharge may also be eligible. Participants must have
received their high school diploma or GED before or during the qualifying period.
In most cases, eligibility expires 10 years after last discharge or release
from active duty.
Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Program (Chapter
31)
A veteran of World War II or thereafter who has a service-connected disability
which entitles him/her to DVA disability compensation and who is in need of
vocational rehabilitation because the disability creates an unemployable handicap
may be eligible for Chapter 31 benefits. Professional counselors from the Dept
of Veterans Affairs will help you plan an individual program which includes
the services and financial assistance needed to carry out the program.
Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Program (VEAP)
(Chapter 32)
Provides benefits to individuals who entered active duty after December 31,
1976. Individuals made contributions from $25 to $100 monthly not to exceed
$2,700. Contributions by the government are two to one. Example: $100 x 27 months
= $2,700. Veteran is eligible for 27 months of benefits at $300 per month.
Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance
(Chapter 35)
Sons, daughters, spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran who dies on active
duty, was released from active duty due to a service-connected disability, permanently
and totally disabled, MIA, POW, or detained by a foreign government while on
or in line of duty, may be eligible for benefits. Generally, the period of eligibility
for a son or daughter is between the ages of 18 and 26 years. A spouse may use
educational benefits during the 10 year period after eligibility is found. A
surviving spouse may use these benefits during a 10 year period after the veteran's
death, or 10 years after the DVA determines the veteran's death was caused by
a service-connected disability, provided the surviving spouse does not remarry.
Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (Chapter
1606)
Educational Assistance Program
Individuals who have agreed to serve six years in the selected reserve, on
or after July 1, 1985, reenlisted or extended an enlistment for a period of
at least six years may be eligible. You must have completed the initial active
duty for training (IADT) and meet the requirements to receive a high school
diploma or equivalent certificate before you complete the IADT.
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Virginia War Orphans Educationsl Program
The Virginia War Orphans Educational Program provides educational assistance
for children, or surviving children, of certain veterans of service personnel.
To be eligible for assistance under this program, an applicant must meet the
following basic eligibility requirements:
* One of the applicant's parents must have served in the Armed Forces of the
United States; and must be permanently and totally disabled or must be deceased
due to any injury or disease incurred in a time of war or other period of armed
conflict.
* The applicant's parent, on which eligibility is based, must have been a resident
of the Commonwealth of Virginia at the time of entry into active military service;
or must have been a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia for at least ten
consecutive years immediately prior to the date of application or death; or
the surviving parent had been, at some time previous to marrying the deceased
parent, a citizen of Virginia for at least ten years immediately prior to the
date on which the application was submitted by or on behalf of such child for
admission to any education or training institution of collegiate or secondary
grade in this Commonwealth.
* The applicant must be not less than sixteen years of age, or no more than
twenty-five years of age.
* The applicant must use this entitlement to attend either a state supported
secondary or post-secondary educational institution.
Eligible individuals are entitled to a maximum of forty-eight months of tuition-free
education at any state-supported educational or training institution.
Virginia National Guard Tuition Assistance
Most members of the Virginia National Guard qualify for the Virginia National
Guard Tuition Assistance Program. This program pays up to 50% of the tuition
costs, not to exceed $250 per term (subject to change), at approved Virginia
colleges or universities. Inquiries should be made to the Educational Offices,
Virginia National Guard, Richmond. This program may be used in addition to educational
benefits administered by the DVA.
YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE MORE THAN 48 MONTHS OF BENEFITS BETWEEN ANY TWO OF THE
FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: 30, 32, 34, 35 AND 1606.
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