Comments on: Post-9/11 GI Bill Falls Flat http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/ Updated information on Veteran Benefits, featured Military Bloggers, the You Served Podcast and various other news and information relevant to Veterans. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:11:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cpl Davus http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-311879 Cpl Davus Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:23:06 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-311879 Actually, for Screwed RoyAly, the new Bill was proposed by Sen Jim Webb of Virginia, passed by a GOP Majority congress, and signed by President Bush. I hate to have to mention politics into what is a very informative discussion with fellow vets, and I would hope you would refrain from bringing your personal political beliefs into the discussion as well, as uninformed as they are. Actually, for Screwed RoyAly, the new Bill was proposed by Sen Jim Webb of Virginia, passed by a GOP Majority congress, and signed by President Bush. I hate to have to mention politics into what is a very informative discussion with fellow vets, and I would hope you would refrain from bringing your personal political beliefs into the discussion as well, as uninformed as they are.

]]> By: waiting in texas http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-310412 waiting in texas Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:44:52 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-310412 Tamatra: Are you sure that all the paperwork has been submitted by your school? That you are attending classes in person that is considered more than half time by your school? When was the certification submitted to the VA by your school? You need some physical acknowledgement from either the VA or your school that your certification has been sent and is being processed by the VA. We have been getting good response time from our certifications, we had only one lapse of 2 weeks of our receiving payments due to a mixup in the school, and yes, I believe the VA reps at the schools do need to be better trained. Tamatra: Are you sure that all the paperwork has been submitted by your school? That you are attending classes in person that is considered more than half time by your school? When was the certification submitted to the VA by your school? You need some physical acknowledgement from either the VA or your school that your certification has been sent and is being processed by the VA. We have been getting good response time from our certifications, we had only one lapse of 2 weeks of our receiving payments due to a mixup in the school, and yes, I believe the VA reps at the schools do need to be better trained.

]]> By: Tamatra Davenport http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-309733 Tamatra Davenport Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:02:04 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-309733 I began college with the University of Pheonix on 5/25/2010. I was extremely excited to be working toward my Bachelors of Science in Management degree! After one month, and multiple phone calls to the Veterans Benefits 1800 hotline, still no assistance for college. I was wondering how much longer until I receive my first payment. My next classes will begin 6/29/2010. I think that the individuals in place to assist students in the Universities should be screened prior to being employed to assist prior service members with their GI Bill or Post 9 11 benefits. For some of us it's our first time attending College and we don't know all the do's and don'ts of ensuring everything is in order in regards to payments from the Government. Please anyone who can assist me, I would appreciate any assistance that you can provide. I'm beginning to fall behind on my rent waiting on the Veterans Benefits to be placed into my CHASE account. Thanks in advance your assistance! Very Respectfully, Tamatra J. Davenport I began college with the University of Pheonix on 5/25/2010. I was extremely excited to be working toward my Bachelors of Science in Management degree! After one month, and multiple phone calls to the Veterans Benefits 1800 hotline, still no assistance for college. I was wondering how much longer until I receive my first payment. My next classes will begin 6/29/2010. I think that the individuals in place to assist students in the Universities should be screened prior to being employed to assist prior service members with their GI Bill or Post 9 11 benefits. For some of us it’s our first time attending College and we don’t know all the do’s and don’ts of ensuring everything is in order in regards to payments from the Government. Please anyone who can assist me, I would appreciate any assistance that you can provide. I’m beginning to fall behind on my rent waiting on the Veterans Benefits to be placed into my CHASE account. Thanks in advance your assistance!

Very Respectfully,
Tamatra J. Davenport

]]> By: Jer http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-306196 Jer Mon, 17 May 2010 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-306196 Its sad, the same story over and over and over... I was lucky enough to get a job after I got out of the Army, I started school about 10 days after i ETS'd and then 8 months later had to move... so, I transfered to another school. Well, the VA paid both schools and then said I owed the money and I had to get them to pay it back. Luckely they already had and I started recieving my BAH again. I was told that I would recieve back-pay for the 4 months they didn't pay me... well... never happened. Then my school's VA Certified person (3 of them) quit... so now I'm owed over 8,000 from the VA. I called them and spoke to a wonderful POS (no... not wonderful) whom, when asked what would happend if I needed that job to pay for bills said "you should know after 7 years in the military to never rely on the VA or the Gov to fulfill their obligation". WTF!? are you Kidding me!? okay, so basically we served for nothing and our country is completly screwed... there ya go... we can't expect our gov to do their damn jobs. wow.... Its sad, the same story over and over and over… I was lucky enough to get a job after I got out of the Army, I started school about 10 days after i ETS’d and then 8 months later had to move… so, I transfered to another school. Well, the VA paid both schools and then said I owed the money and I had to get them to pay it back. Luckely they already had and I started recieving my BAH again. I was told that I would recieve back-pay for the 4 months they didn’t pay me… well… never happened. Then my school’s VA Certified person (3 of them) quit… so now I’m owed over 8,000 from the VA. I called them and spoke to a wonderful POS (no… not wonderful) whom, when asked what would happend if I needed that job to pay for bills said “you should know after 7 years in the military to never rely on the VA or the Gov to fulfill their obligation”. WTF!? are you Kidding me!? okay, so basically we served for nothing and our country is completly screwed… there ya go… we can’t expect our gov to do their damn jobs. wow….

]]> By: Screwed RoyAly http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-306169 Screwed RoyAly Mon, 17 May 2010 04:04:34 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-306169 Thanks Pelosi, Clinton, and Obama, for making families think you all might actually do something. For giving us hope. Perhaps you might consider next time you wish to help, to instead sleep till noon, so for that brief period you will not oppress the people. Consider also that your offers of hope without substance is fraud, chicanery, humiliation. Post 9/11 GI BILL. Do you three even read? Thanks Pelosi, Clinton, and Obama,
for making families think you all might actually do something. For giving us hope. Perhaps you might consider next time you wish to help, to instead sleep till noon, so for that brief period you will not oppress the people. Consider also that your offers of hope without substance is fraud, chicanery, humiliation. Post 9/11 GI BILL. Do you three even read?

]]> By: Gloria Cranfill http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-305340 Gloria Cranfill Tue, 11 May 2010 11:04:41 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-305340 My husband is recieving the Post 911 GI Bill. We had to wait close to 3 months before recieving his money. This past semester he tested out of a class (which means he recieved credit for this class). Now they want us to pay them back money saying that he failed to take the required amount of credit hours. Once again we are trying to call to get this straightened out, but there is no one of intelligence to talk to about it when you call their 800 numbers. That is, if you get through. This has been a horrible ordeal (not as bad as when he was in Iraq), but still horrible. I believe he is planning on quitting school because they have made it so hard. My husband is recieving the Post 911 GI Bill. We had to wait close to 3 months before recieving his money. This past semester he tested out of a class (which means he recieved credit for this class). Now they want us to pay them back money saying that he failed to take the required amount of credit hours. Once again we are trying to call to get this straightened out, but there is no one of intelligence to talk to about it when you call their 800 numbers. That is, if you get through. This has been a horrible ordeal (not as bad as when he was in Iraq), but still horrible. I believe he is planning on quitting school because they have made it so hard.

]]> By: jimmy rogers http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-301898 jimmy rogers Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:38:40 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-301898 I put in for qualification status in march every time I call they tell me I am still being evaluated. I also wanted to transfer my gi bill to my son. The old rules said if you retired in 2008 you could transfer now they have changed it to aug 2009. I do not understand how they can just change the rules in mid stride. This just seems. Like another political look good but impossible to get garbage package. I put in for qualification status in march every time I call they tell me I am still being evaluated. I also wanted to transfer my gi bill to my son. The old rules said if you retired in 2008 you could transfer now they have changed it to aug 2009. I do not understand how they can just change the rules in mid stride. This just seems. Like another political look good but impossible to get garbage package.

]]> By: Bobby http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-300181 Bobby Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:16:37 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-300181 Hi, I was wondering, has anyone else been told that your VA award letter for disability is not good enough to denote 100%. We are being made to get our dd214 changed to reflect the disability. We were also told that if you received disability after you were released by the military you are not qualified for post 911. I received my first 10% from a medical review board and have all the paperwork that sustains this. Unfortunalty this is not acceptable according to my case worker at VA. It has to be on the dd214. It will take up to a year to have the correction made and I cannot understand why if va is the one awarding us the disability it has to be reflected on the dd214. Sounds like a loop hole to deny qualified soldiers their benefit. It is almost as if they are making this all up as they go along. Hi,
I was wondering, has anyone else been told that your VA award letter for disability is not good enough to denote 100%. We are being made to get our dd214 changed to reflect the disability. We were also told that if you received disability after you were released by the military you are not qualified for post 911. I received my first 10% from a medical review board and have all the paperwork that sustains this. Unfortunalty this is not acceptable according to my case worker at VA. It has to be on the dd214. It will take up to a year to have the correction made and I cannot understand why if va is the one awarding us the disability it has to be reflected on the dd214. Sounds like a loop hole to deny qualified soldiers their benefit. It is almost as if they are making this all up as they go along.

]]> By: Steve http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-299463 Steve Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:31:21 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-299463 My transitioning from Chapter 30 to 33 was not clean. Instead of liquidating chapter 30 first they send me a bill while I wait for payment of chapter 33. The school was not helpful, the VA was not helpful, and my story tracks closely to many I have read. And the sad part is my error in not reading better the benefits for distance learning. I lost my monthly check to a semester check that only pays tuition at the average rate. I was doing better under chapter 30 to cover more of my educational expenses. My error was to not read better. Please tell your fellow brothers and sisters in arms to not convert if they are a distance learner. My transitioning from Chapter 30 to 33 was not clean. Instead of liquidating chapter 30 first they send me a bill while I wait for payment of chapter 33. The school was not helpful, the VA was not helpful, and my story tracks closely to many I have read. And the sad part is my error in not reading better the benefits for distance learning. I lost my monthly check to a semester check that only pays tuition at the average rate. I was doing better under chapter 30 to cover more of my educational expenses. My error was to not read better. Please tell your fellow brothers and sisters in arms to not convert if they are a distance learner.

]]> By: Post 9/11 GI Bill Falls Through | Veterans Benefits GI Bill http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/09/01/post-911-gi-bill-falls-flat/comment-page-4/#comment-298987 Post 9/11 GI Bill Falls Through | Veterans Benefits GI Bill Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:20:16 +0000 http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/?p=3064#comment-298987 [...] You Served reports with the voice that can be found in the mouths of many veterans waiting for their Post 9/11 [...] [...] You Served reports with the voice that can be found in the mouths of many veterans waiting for their Post 9/11 [...]

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