Today's GI Bill

Vets Group Has Tips on GI Bill Repayments

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:35 +0000

Student Veterans of America is recommending that people who must give back their $3,000 GI Bill advances quickly assess their finances to determine the best way to repay the money.

VA Recouping GI Bill Pay Too Fast, Nye Says

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:05 +0000

A Virginia lawmaker says the Veterans Affairs Department is not giving student-veterans enough time to repay the $3,000 GI Bill advance payments given out last fall when VA was having problems processing claims.

New GI Bill Helpline to Be Fully Staffed

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:57 +0000

Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with questions about the new Post-9/11 GI Bill will again be able to get help by phone five days a week starting Thursday.

VA More Smoothly Processing New GI Bill

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:19 +0000

The Veterans Affairs Department is more efficiently cutting checks for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to attend college this semester, following a rocky rollout last fall.

VA Wants Emergency GI Bill Payouts Back

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:59 +0000

The Veterans Affairs Department is seeking to recoup $3,000 emergency payments sent last year to about 80,000 people whose Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits were delayed.

Take Two for GI Bill

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:24 +0000

College officials who’ve followed the GI Bill closely say they are optimistic the process will be improved this semester, but there’s no shortage of concern about what some describe as systemic problems with the manner in which benefits are disbursed.

VA to Begin Recovery of Post-9/11 GI Bill Advance Payments

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:00:05 +0000

The Department of Veterans Affairs is beginning the process of recovering advance payments made available during the fall 2009 semester to Veterans and servicemembers who applied for education benefits.

Government Hopes to Stop GI Bill Claims Delays

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:04 +0000

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs asked University officials and students Wednesday for help with processing all spring semester Post-9/11 GI Bill claims for student veterans by February.

VA Slips Slightly in Deployment of GI Bill Claims System

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:03 +0000

The Veterans Affairs Department is on track to unveil in late March the first version of a system to automate processing of educational benefit claims under the post-9/11 GI Bill, but its software capabilities will be more limited than originally planned.

GI Bill Looks Better for Spring, VA Says

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:06 +0000

Veterans Affairs Department officials appear to have a good jump on processing spring semester claims for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.