Is there any way my GI bill can be taken from me if I have already earned it?
2007-03-18 20:17:58 · 8 answers · asked by ianvredmond 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
If you have already earned it, no. But, if it's altered by Congress, it wouldn't only affect you, but all vets.
2007-03-18 20:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by gone 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes. If you separate from the military within the first year before you finish paying your portion and if you get separated from the military with anything other than a good conduct discharge. That means if you get out before your enlistment is through and your discharge is something like "under other than honorable." Then you lose all GI Bill benefits. It's the breaks, but the GI Bill is a benefit for members that served honorably.
2007-03-18 22:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can lose it three ways.
1. First, be on active duty and do something to earn yourself a dishonorable discharge. You get no benefits and lose it.
2. Second, after ten years after your last discharge, it is gone. So if at the 9 year point you join up for four years and get discharged again, the clock resets and you got 10 years again to use it.
3. Third, you got it fraudulently or by mistake. They have changed things so much and so often since 1991, it is quite easy for someone to not be up on the latest info and issued the wrong kind of GI bill to you.
2007-03-18 20:44:25 · answer #3 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have to be in the service for a minimum of two years, and three to get the full benefits. You also have to have an Honorable Discharge, and you have to use it within 10 years after leaving active duty. Those are the only stipulations.
2007-03-18 20:25:45 · answer #4 · answered by johngrobmyer 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO. you're no longer ELIGABLE. YOU DISCHARGE on your DD-214 MEMBER COPT 4 could examine " HONORABLE" except you have your discharged replaced, you misplaced your $1200.00, there is not any thank you to get it decrease back, and you don't get the GI invoice.
2016-12-15 03:29:15 · answer #5 · answered by declue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to use it within ten years of your discharge from active duty. That's cumulative time, so if you go back in, the countdown stops, so to speak.
2007-03-18 20:28:54 · answer #6 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
an OTH or BCD will forfeit your GI bill eligibility. additionally, you only have ten years after getting out to use it, after that it expires.
2007-03-19 05:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if you receive anything other than a honorable discharge, they will take it away.
2007-03-18 20:21:35 · answer #8 · answered by Unemployed MBA 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋