Education Benefits for Dependents of Veterans Columbia SC

Education Benefits for Dependents of Veterans

If you have experienced the heartache of losing your spouse or parent during the course of their military service, or if they have suffered permanent disability, you may be eligible to receive education assistance from the government.

Whether it’s a college degree, cooking school, or on-the-job training, you could get benefits for up to 45 months as a child of a veteran.

As a spouse, the government might cover the cost of your correspondence courses, or in some cases, remedial or refresher classes. This benefit is known as the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program, or DEA.

Eligibility criteria
There are several criteria you must meet in order to be considered eligible. Primarily, you must be the son, daughter, or spouse of a veteran who meets at least one of these criteria:

• Has died or is permanently disabled as the result of an incident which must have arisen from active service in the Armed Forces.
• Has died from any cause while such service-connected disability was in existence.
• Is missing in action or was captured in the line of duty by a hostile force.
• Is forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government or power.
• Is hospitalized or receiving outpatient treatment for a service-connected permanent and total disability and is likely to be discharged for that disability.

Children of veterans
Generally, you need to be between 18 and 26 to be eligible.

Author: Amy Ambler

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