More eligibility opportunities for Dependents Education Assistance!

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Section 301 of Public Law 109-461 adds a new category to the definition of “eligible person� for DEA benefits . The new category includes the spouse or child of a person who:

• VA determines has a service-connected permanent and total disability; and
• at the time of VA's determination is a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient medical care, services, or treatment; and
• is likely to be discharged or released from service for this service-connected disability.

Persons eligible under this new provision may be eligible for DEA benefits effective December 23, 2006, the effective date of the law.
For more information contact your local VA office.

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