Chapter 30:
Montgomery G.I. Bill—Active Duty
Chapter 30 has four eligibility
categories:
Category I involves veterans who
began active duty for the first time after June 30, 1985.
Category II involve military
retirees who entered the service (or agreed to delayed entry)
before 01/01/1977 and who were eligible to receive chapter 34
benefits (Vietnam era education program on 12/31/1989.
Category III involve veterans
that were voluntarily or involuntarily separated from the
service because of a reduction in personnel.
Category IV involves veterans
who converted their education benefits from chapter 32 to
chapter 30.
Chapter 32:
Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)
Individuals must have initially
entered active duty from 01/01/1977 to 06/30/1985 and must
have enrolled and contributed to VEAP before 04/01/1987. VEAP
is a voluntary contribution and matching program. The
veteran’s contributions were matched on a $2 for $1 basis by
the Government.
Chapter 35:
Dependent Educational Assistance (DEA)
Educational assistance paid to
dependents of veterans. Persons who may be eligible are:
A child (between ages 18 and 26,
with some exceptions), or surviving spouse of a veteran who
died in service; or who died of a service-connected
disability; or who died while evaluated as having total and
permanent service-connected disability; or who is listed as a
POW/MIA.
A child of a veteran who is
permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related
condition.
A spouse of a veteran or
serviceperson who has a permanent disability resulting from a
service-connected disability; or who is listed as a POW/MIA.
Surviving spouses whose benefits
stopped when they remarried can receive DEA benefits again if
their remarriage ends by death or divorce, or they cease to
live with the person to whom they presented themselves in
public as married.
Chapter 1606:
Montgomery G.I. Bill—Selected Reserve
Educational program for active
members of the Selected Reserve. Selected Reserve components
of the Ready Reserve include the Army, Naval, Air Force,
Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Reserves, National and Air
National Guards. Eligibility is determined by the Department
of Defense or by the Department of Transportation (Coast
Guard) not by the VA.
Chapter 1607:
Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
Department of Defense
educational program for active members of the Reserve
components called or ordered to active duty for at least 90
days after September 11, 2001. Eligibility is determined by
the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland
Security not by the VA.
Vocational
Rehabilitation
