Your Education Benefits
Several programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provide financial
assistance to veterans for education programs. This includes enrollment in degree programs,
technical and vocational programs, correspondence courses, flight training courses, and on-the-job
training and apprenticeship programs. To be eligible programs must be approved, usually by a
State-approving agency, for VA purposes, before VA education program benefits are paid.
Two of these programs are the Post-Vietnam-era Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)
and the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB). Both programs are intended to help you develop skills that
will enhance your opportunities for employment. As a rule, the benefits under either of these
programs must be used within 10 years of separation from active duty.
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Hot Tip:
Be sure to fill out and submit VA 22-1990, "Application for Education Benefits," (
http://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/22-1990.pdf)
as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to begin school. You will reduce the processing
time later by doing this now.
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