Chapter 35 for Foreign School

[Snake Eyes]

My son will be attending a school in Hungary that is VA eligible next semester. Chapter 35 pays a "monthly housing allowance" in this case, by semester. Do they stop pay when classes break for a week?  He still has to stay in the dorm since he can't just fly home whenever school breaks. 

[MikeHunt]

The RPO will accept mitigating circumstances (MITC) for period attended, after a debt is formed- Say there was a death in the family or the student became ill. For the remainder of the month, lets say the student attended until the 9th then dropped(and got MITC granted for nine days) but the award was stopped on the 31st , or an incorrect period was paid, send a VA Form 5655 to Debt Management (DMC) with a short note for a waiver. Students don't have money and it's easily granted as a 'hardship waiver.'

[Snake Eyes]

On 1/21/2017 at 7:12 AM, MikeHunt said:

Chapter 35, 'DEA' is paid by term. If the school (SCO, School Certifying Official) included the time as a 'term' on the 1999 then the claimant is paid. They will conduct an audit, and, months later the audit finds the SCO incorrectly included a period, they'll adjust the award, creating a debt.

I've never seen a 'Monthly Housing Allowance' for CH35. Learn something new everyday!!! CH33 pays a housing allowance .... are you sure someone didn't confuse the two?

Or is it Fry??

http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/survivor_dependent_assistance.asp

Wouldn't be a Fry. In conversations and online, the "housing allowance" seems to be what the Chap 35 payment is based on. 

Most schools give a week or two off in each term and sometimes between terms. One of my sons had those weeks deducted from his Chap 35 pay. I think the other one may have full terms reported because most U. S. students stay there during fall and spring breaks. 

[Snake Eyes]

On 1/22/2017 at 11:55 AM, Berta said:

Or maybe the Hazelwood Exemption?

https://veterans.tamu.edu/Study-Abroad#0-HazlewoodExemption

Snake Eyes , you listed your SC as 90% , but are you in fact now 100% P & T , and is that why your son is eligible for Chapter 35?

 

 

That's correct. I was rated at 100% P&T TDIU. 

[Snake Eyes]

On 1/22/2017 at 3:45 PM, seminoles said:

It isn't a housing allowance it is simply an allowance, has nothing to do with housing.  It can be used to pay for anything.

The amount is based on BAH, which may be why some schools call it a housing allowance. :-)