Chapter 31 X "gi Bill"

[tk3000]

<h3 class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Recently talking with my vocational case manager (chapter 31) much for my surprise I was told that the benefits from chapter 31 that I was receiving in function of my disability was taking out benefits from my Gi Bill. My understand and any normal person understanding is that "Gi Bill" and "Vocational Rehab" are completely different things with completely different reasons and motivations to begin with: the "GI Bill" is mine and I have absolute control over it, I paid for it; the "Vocational Rehab" is an attempt of the VA to help me obtain a job since I am disabled and service connected (which is considered a handicap as far as job goes).

If by any change the VA was going to use my "GI Bill" benefits to pay for its "chapter 31" I should be notified of that when I signed for the "Chapter 31". Not only should I be notified but I should also give my permission and consent so that the VA could use my "GI Bill" to pay for another VA's program that is under VA's control and entirely unrelated to my "GI Bill". I never in any shape, way, or form relinquished my "GI Bill" benefits so that the VA's could pay for its "chapter 31". If I had a choice I would always choose my "GI Bill". The situation in which VA simply took my "GI Bill" without my consent, permission, or authorization is completely and absolute insane.

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[rdnkjeeper]

I went through Voc Rehab 6 or so years ago, I got a job working in the field I was trained in. But after 6 years or so of working in the field I was trained in I can no longer do my job, someone suggested applying for Voc Rehab again. I have looked all over and I haven't been able to find anything about using it twice, I haven't even been able to find "you only have 48 months" anywhere.

Thanks

[dizzle]

The way my Voc Rehab counselor explained it to me is that the voc rehab program doesn't take money from the GI bill but it takes TIME away from it. So it shortens the amount of time that you have left to use it if you haven't. The benefit to using your GI bill instead of voc rehab for college is that it pays more for living allowance.