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Sep 24, 2024 · Find out if you’re eligible and how to apply for VA education benefits for Veterans, service members, and their qualified family members. VA education and training benefits can help you pay for college tuition, find the right school or training program, get career counseling, and more.
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- About GI Bill benefits
Generally, if you’re eligible for more than 1 education benefit, you may be able to get up to a maximum of 48 months (or 4 years) of VA education benefits. This doesn’t include Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits (Chapter 31).
You have 10 years from the date of your release (or transfer date to the Supplementary Reserve) to apply for this funding. As this benefit was only launched on 1 April 2018 if you released between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2018 you can access funding up to 1 April 2028.
You have 10 years from your release date from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) or transfer date to the Supplementary Reserve to access Education and Training Benefit (ETB) funding. If you released from the CAF between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2018, you have until 1 April 2028 to apply for and access ETB funding.
You can expect a decision within four weeks of submitting a completed application. If you submit both an Education and Training Benefit application and an Education and Training plan at the same time, you can expect both decisions within eight weeks.
You have 36 months and 0 days of full-time benefits remaining (38 CFR 21.9550). You have no time limit to use your education benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill (38 USC 3321). You're entitled to receive 100% of the benefits payable under the Post-9/11 GI Bill program for training offered by an institution of higher education.
Compare VA education benefits for Veterans, service members, and members of the National Guard and Reserve. Check the eligibility requirements for each education program. And find out how many months of benefits you can get and how much time you have to use those benefits.
