ptsd Looking For Options

[Hambone11B]

I am currently at 80% disability and am awaiting info back on appeals for my TBI claim (0%) and my PTSD (30%) . I have put in for TDIU and SSDI as well. I started these claims about a month and a half ago. About an hour ago, I recieved a call from a collection agency about a student loan from 12 years ago. They called to inform me that on 17AUG (today is 13AUG) they were going to hold a hearing for garnishing my wages to pay the debt, $20,867.73. They are willing to settle for roughly 14,000 and I'm asking on here to find out what my options are. Can a GI Bill be put towards it? I tried to get the loan paid for while I was in the army after I learned my parents hadn't been paying on it for some time, but was told it needed to be in my original contract to do so. Should I try for a loan to pay it off? I really have put myself between a rock and a hard place here and don't know who to go to or what to do. If anyone has any info I could really use the help. I apologize if this is the wrong forum but none of the forum headings were labeled "I'm a Dumbass help me"

[jbasser]

http://ifap.ed.gov/disabilitydischarge/va.html

You need to open and read asap.

If you are not working and you qualify for IU then you may want to consider filing for it.

J

[Hambone11B]

Ok so I just contacted the collection agency and apparently the TPD only works for federal students loans and this is a private student loan. In research, I have found this to be true. It looks as if I am going to have to get a lawyer for all this. Is there any programs out there for vets in obtaing lawyers?