Authorized by Congress, the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Vet Success Program, also known as the Chapter 31 program, provides job assistance to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Veterans meet with a rehabilitation counselor to assess skills, abilities and interests, and the program pays for education at a college, vocational, technical or business school.
Veterans must have or will receive a discharge that is not dishonorable, meet disability rating requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs and apply to the program. Veterans are eligible to use Vet Success services for up to 12 years from the later of the following dates: separation date from active military service or the date the veteran first received notification from the VA of a disability rating.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20420
888-442-4551
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Disabled veterans applying for benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill can get financial aid for education and housing if they have served at least 30 days in military service after Sept. 11, 2001, and have been honorably discharged because of a service-connected disability. Training covered under the GI Bill includes undergraduate and graduate college degrees and technical or vocational training. Eligible individuals receive tuition and fees up to the maximum in-state tuition rates, and a yearly stipend for books and supplies.
Service members with a rank of E-5 who have dependents at the school location are eligible for a monthly housing allowance. This bill provides for up to three years of education benefits, for up to 15 years after separation from active duty.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Ave/ NW
Washington, DC 20420
888-442-4551
va.gov
Sons and daughters of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled because of an injury that occurred while they were on active duty may be eligible for up to 45 months of educational benefits. Benefits can be used to enroll in degree or certificate programs, serve an apprenticeship or receive on-the-job training. Spouses of these veterans may take a correspondence course.
Typically, dependents must be between ages 18 and 26. If a dependent has served in the military and hasn't been dishonorably discharged, the VA can extend eligibility periods by the length of time spent on active service, but generally extensions cannot be granted past the 31st birthday.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20420
888-442-4551
va.gov